Canada, we really have monopoly money now...

[Mekado]

Hi fellow canadians

Anyone else seen and touched the new 100$ bills they put in circulation this month ? these things are made of plastic (polymer) so they're untearable and much more difficult to counterfeit...

The thing is these bills are semi-transparent and really really looks like monopoly money now :s


Anyone has thought about real plastic money ?

 

[Altorin]

other countries like Australia have it. I say, if it cuts down on counterfeiting, more power to them - counterfeiting devalues all of our money.

Not like I'll ever have to worry much about 100 dollar bills. And even if I did, it would be nice for the stores to not look at me like I'm a counterfeiter just because I give them a 50 - yeah it's real lady. I know, it's amazing that I have some money to spend.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Other nations have been doing something similar for years, why is it always Canadian money that's compared to monopoly? I know that the New Zealand dollar has been doing something similar with their bills by putting plastic transparent spots on them and they're just as colourful from what I remember.

I haven't had the opportunity to actually hold one yet. Most of the time when you get 100's working in retail is when seniors are paying for something big. My grandparents did it all the time.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Not a big deal to me. Though I haven't seen it first hand yet, I must say I will kind of miss paper...

Oh well, as long as it is more secure.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I think those transparent "windows" make the thing look rather silly, but it doesn't look at all like Monopoly money.

 

[Tiger Sora]

You can't compare this to monopoly money. Monopoly money is made of paper. And calling a bill monopoly money is because it comes in weird colors compared to the American greenback, ignorant Americans who are probably bad at the game came up with calling foreign currencies that.

 

[Furioso]

It's all in the effort to stop counterfeit money, which will never happen, so money is just going to keep looking more and more ridiculous, might as well enjoy it and use it in a super high stakes game of monopoly!

 

[Furioso]

You can't compare this to monopoly money. Monopoly money is made of paper. And calling a bill monopoly money is because it comes in weird colors compared to the American greenback, ignorant Americans who are probably bad at the game came up with calling foreign currencies that.

...No we use that for our money too, the second they started adding weird color schemes and such, don't make assumptions

 

[Ariyura]

other countries like Australia have it. I say, if it cuts down on counterfeiting, more power to them - counterfeiting devalues all of our money.

Not like I'll ever have to worry much about 100 dollar bills. And even if I did, it would be nice for the stores to not look at me like I'm a counterfeiter just because I give them a 50 - yeah it's real lady. I know, it's amazing that I have some money to spend.

lol, I've been there. I love when they go searching for the anti counterfeit pen and they make you stand there because no one can find it.

 

[Reishadowen]

Maybe now someone will be able to afford staying at the boardwalk then.

In any case, my first thought when I saw that video was "D*mn, that looks an awful lot like New Zealand's money...

Also, what the heck? Why does "Zealand have that red squiggly line under it? D*MN YOU MICROSOOOOOOFT!

 

[emeraldrafael]

thats cool... i guess?

I mean, I get its nice to have money thats hard to counterfeit and its nice to have money thats "pretty" and visually appealing, but it seems to me like that would be hard to fold (of course I dont know much about the product its made of).

Not that I'd ever know, even if the US started doing this. I dont carry bills that large on my person.

 

[Mekado]

thats cool... i guess?

I mean, I get its nice to have money thats hard to counterfeit and its nice to have money thats "pretty" and visually appealing, but it seems to me like that would be hard to fold (of course I dont know much about the product its made of).

Not that I'd ever know, even if the US started doing this. I dont carry bills that large on my person.

It's polymer...plastic...think plastic covering you used on your school books when you were a kid.

Also, it's not just the windows, the whole bill is made of plastic, parts of it are colored, parts transparent.It's because they're untearable bills, lasts 5x as long as paper bills according to the Bank of Canada anyways

 

[Some_weirdGuy]

Plastic money is actually the smarter way to go, when you weigh the advantages and disadvantages.

durability (water damage, tearing, and getting dirty), counterfeiting, and general recognisability all lend favour to money like we have in Australia.
Really the only thing America's paper money has over money like that is...
'its all coloured green'?

(sorry, I actually couldn't find any advantages it has over polymer notes. Originally I thought stuff like 'paper would be cheaper', I mean that seems like an obvious thing, but I searched it up and even that's wrong as polymer notes are both cheaper and last longer too...)


You can call it monopoly money if you really want to, but remember one thing:
monopoly money is made of paper
(When I was little we went to America, and I remember my dad laughed cause I asked why America uses toy money [since 'toy money' was always made of paper] instead of 'real money' XD)

 

[Dimitriov]

Um, the thing is, that looks like real modern money. You know, with actual security features.

It's American bills that look like somebody just printed them on construction paper in their home office. Actually, they probably did... cuz their money is counterfeited a LOT.

 

[OldGus]

Other nations have been doing something similar for years, why is it always Canadian money that's compared to monopoly? I know that the New Zealand dollar has been doing something similar with their bills by putting plastic transparent spots on them and they're just as colourful from what I remember.

Japan here, they've had color for years. The 10,000 yen bill is brown and green, the 5,000 is purple and red, and the 1,000 is blue and green with a guy in a suit with a mustache. Let that last one sink in a little there.

Also, not crazy, and not really sure what its for, maybe counterfeiters, but each bill is a different length.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Also, not crazy, and not really sure what its for, maybe counterfeiters, but each bill is a different length.

Generally things like that are intended to aid the blind, similar to how all the different coins have different edges.

 

[OldGus]

You can't compare this to monopoly money. Monopoly money is made of paper. And calling a bill monopoly money is because it comes in weird colors compared to the American greenback, ignorant Americans who are probably bad at the game came up with calling foreign currencies that.

...No we use that for our money too, the second they started adding weird color schemes and such, don't make assumptions

If I remember right, the 50 is now emblazoned with the good old red, green, and blue now.

Also, not crazy, and not really sure what its for, maybe counterfeiters, but each bill is a different length.

Generally things like that are intended to aid the blind, similar to how all the different coins have different edges.

Ok, kind of makes sense, but since the difference is half a centimeter between each, its hard to see how someone could tell them apart without the other bills there.
maybe its technique... *goes off to play with his bills.*

 

[Vault101]

pppppffftt

we had polymer money back before it was cool

 

[michiehoward]

Touched it today, shiny, slippery, can't rip it or tear it, I could barely crinkle it up.

 

[Vault101]

Touched it today, shiny, slippery, can't rip it or tear it, I could barely crinkle it up.

it does crinkle eventulaly....

btw did your original money get damamged when wet? because i remember I had $5 in my pocket once..then went wading around in a wwaist deep estery...but it was fine. which is another good thing about plastic money