Rubber Money
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It has been officially confirmed that polymer banknotes are to enter our lives from 2016. The first polymer note to be produced is on a £5 note featuring Sir Winston Churchill, followed by a £10 version approximately a year later which is planned to display Jane Austen.
The Bank of England’s Executive Director for Banking Services, Chris Salmon: “The environmental impact of a polymer bank note is actually less than paper bank notes”