Can the new polymer bills take the heat?
Bank of Canada acknowledges that 'extreme conditions' can damage the new bills
CBC News Jul 11, 2012
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The Bank of Canada says its new $50 and $100 polymer bank notes will last much longer than the old paper-based versions. But that added durability doesn't mean they're indestructible.
Several reports have appeared about the new bills melting, crinkling or otherwise shrivelling after exposure to very high temperatures.
On Tuesday, radio station CKFR in Kelowna, B.C., quoted a local credit union teller, Brittney Halldorson, saying staff at her credit union have seen the new bills melting in the summer heat.
"We're finding temperatures in cars, we've seen it a few times now, where three or four melt together," she told the station.
A woman in Cambridge, Ont., told the Cambridge Times last January that eight of the new $100 polymer notes shrivelled when her son put them in a tin that he placed near a heater.
So can the new polymer bills actually melt?
The Bank of Canada defends the hardiness of its new bills, pointing out that they last 2½ times longer than paper-based notes under normal conditions.
And when conditions aren't normal?
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Bank of Canada acknowledges that 'extreme conditions' can damage the new bills
CBC News Jul 11, 2012
Article Link
The Bank of Canada says its new $50 and $100 polymer bank notes will last much longer than the old paper-based versions. But that added durability doesn't mean they're indestructible.
Several reports have appeared about the new bills melting, crinkling or otherwise shrivelling after exposure to very high temperatures.
On Tuesday, radio station CKFR in Kelowna, B.C., quoted a local credit union teller, Brittney Halldorson, saying staff at her credit union have seen the new bills melting in the summer heat.
"We're finding temperatures in cars, we've seen it a few times now, where three or four melt together," she told the station.
A woman in Cambridge, Ont., told the Cambridge Times last January that eight of the new $100 polymer notes shrivelled when her son put them in a tin that he placed near a heater.
So can the new polymer bills actually melt?
The Bank of Canada defends the hardiness of its new bills, pointing out that they last 2½ times longer than paper-based notes under normal conditions.
And when conditions aren't normal?
More on link