Today’s post is by Judith from the Visitor Team at Manchester Museum. We are each sharing our passion and interest in the museum and its objects.
For more about the Money Gallery at Manchester Museum, have a look at the Curator’s blog, Ancient Worlds.
From Paper to Plastic – The History of the Five Pound Note
The Bank of England has cooked them in ovens, drowned them in red wine, stuck them in the microwave and run them through a 90°C washing machine cycle with a well-known brand of washing powder! It reckons that the new £5 plastic notes – which go into circulation on 13th September 2016 – are fairly indestructible! They’re expected to be more environmentally friendly, last longer, stay cleaner and be more difficult to counterfeit than the notes we use now. Just don’t iron them – but more of that later …
The new polymer £5 note being put…
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