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marbury518 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 552 Posts	Posted 12/27/2013 07:51 am A tale of idiocy; having sent a load of polymer notes to ICCS without even realising it I set out to get my own stash for the long haul. I went to the post office to pick up $300 worth of the little beauties having phoned up to make sure they had them in. Looked pretty sharp at the counter and paid for them. Got them home and in the cold light of day, saw they had folds and dreadful scratches on the transparent section....took them back and lost about $50 on the transaction....hence the idiocy. Then marched my two small kids round 7 banks to be told they didn't know what a brick was....and they got their currency from travelex and didn't know what I was talking about. My kids kept saying 'that was quick Daddy.' Back home safe to lick my wounds....having to stick to e-bay to buy singles and doubles....having a Ph.D clearly doesn't help in all respects. Edited by marbury518 12/27/2013 07:53 am Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/27/2013 09:02 am Australia has had circulating polymer notes since 1988. You may say that we are pretty familiar with them. One thing that ruins a polymer note for a collector is a crease. They are impossible to remove, or even to restore by much. Report this Post to the Staff
marbury518 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 552 Posts	Posted 12/27/2013 09:19 am Sure..hence me selling them back......have two tens and 5.... Report this Post to the Staff
1188howest Valued Member Canada 470 Posts	Posted 12/27/2013 11:48 pm there's a contest here: https://goccf.com/t/165776 you could win 10 minty fresh notes, delivered at no cost to you,the CCF member. Report this Post to the Staff
Paisa Valued Member Canada 387 Posts	Posted 12/28/2013 4:34 pm I miss the old pen pal days when that was the sure bet way to get something from half way around the world Report this Post to the Staff
DoubleEagle20 Pillar of the Community United States 1750 Posts	Posted 12/30/2013 12:31 pm Glad to see Canada go to polymer. The $1 and $2 coins really made the $5 note circulate much more and they got really ratty over there. Multiple times I have seen folks over there dump change at a restaurant or such with cashiers to get notes. I have been guilty of it as well. Report this Post to the Staff
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