bills are so cheaply
Junk. All with those cutting "cups".
or cusps
The deterioration of CDN paper $ is one of the reasons I wrote "New Journey TEST note?-- unlikely." That embarrassing post taught me a few things:
I wrote this on the heels of a member's discovery of a possible polymer note.
After writing it-- I realized that indeed the very poor quality-- and the quick wear of our currency-- may indeed be the
straw that breaks the camel's back.
My original idea was that the
BOC seems far too cheap to invest in the more expensive polymer edition. However: the technology has likely experienced a drastic reduction in costs (even the CBN co are making them), so
anything is possible.
That's when I realized: If there is enough outrage (or if the BOC sees how much paper they keep needing to pump into the economy to replace the worn out cheap notes) then maybe the implementation of polymerized notes isn't so far off the horizon.
The irony of all this: the cheap paper and poor quality notes is turning a lot of collectors off. However, it might be those very cheap notes that (everyone ignores) which could end up becoming scarce (esp in good grades).
If polymer does arrive: and currency becomes extremely durable (lasting) than we can expect 2 things: A) our paper collections to go up in value (papers a thing of the past after all) with a likely increase in # of note collectors
and B) more collector focus on: the Journey (being the last paper issue), the quality of notes (revised definitions of AU to UNC), and the compositions (versions of polymer)
Canadian Paper Money
