New five pound note

Raiden85 · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:11

Hate carrying cash, very rare I carry it anyway but I'm looking forward to getting rid of the paper notes. The £5 ones are always falling apart.

HungryHippos said:
Now when are they going to do away with 1p's and 2p's? I don't even keep them anymore! Smallest currency should be 5p

Would love to see the 1p and 2p scrapped myself, even if they rounded everything up.

ZeroG · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:16

I put one in the wash just to see what it would come out like. Was completely fine

aardvark · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:24

i know the guys who are making it - its very impressive.

DJMK4 · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:47

Will they start putting them in cashmachines now? :rolleyes:

Just for those times when you need cash but only a couple of quid

I never carry cash. Card all the way

Andy90 · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:51

ZeroG said:
I put one in the wash just to see what it would come out like. Was completely fine

Careful, money laundering is a criminal offence

TheVoice · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:56

DJMK4 said:
Will they start putting them in cashmachines now?

Just for those times when you need cash but only a couple of quid

I never carry cash. Card all the way

I've had £5 notes from cash machines before.

DJMK4 · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:57

TheVoice said:
I've had £5 notes from cash machines before.

They used to do them all the time, now you rarely find them, maybe in the odd tesco cash machine.

TheVoice · 19 Jun 2016 at 22:59

thep02 said:
Finally we join the plastic revolution are there any see through parts on this i like that feature in the Australian money I've handled.

Yes, it shows it on the page in the OP.

The Canadian notes are clever, if you shine a laser pointer through the transparent section towards a wall it projects the denomination.

d_brennen · 19 Jun 2016 at 23:08

Good, they all should be plastic.

Norn Iron had them years ago (curiously just fivers as well) and I believe it's fairly common in the antipodean areas?

cadmunkey · 20 Jun 2016 at 00:25

People still use physical currency?? Heathens!! Some tech forum this turned out to be...

d_brennen · 20 Jun 2016 at 00:30

Hookers and dealers don't generally take plastic. Nor does my local pub or station coffee kiosk... The last two being the reason I keep cash about of course

Vish Petrol · 20 Jun 2016 at 00:49

Its purrty

ZeroG · 20 Jun 2016 at 06:39

There are a lot of places that charge you a fee or just won't accept card at all for small purchases so carrying some cash around is still very handy.

ThundyCat · 20 Jun 2016 at 07:56

darkgen said:
This.

Notes and coins are a pain in the posterior.

Or you could put your wallet in your front pocket?

paradigm · 20 Jun 2016 at 08:08

ZeroG said:
There are a lot of places that charge you a fee or just won't accept card at all for small purchases so carrying some cash around is still very handy.

Don't shop at these places then?

I very rarely carry cash of any kind, don't seem to have a problem.

ukxenon · 20 Jun 2016 at 08:12

Agree they should do away with 1p and 2p

Tom0 · 20 Jun 2016 at 08:14

Yeah that fiver is nice.

Also agree on getting rid of the copper change.

psd99 · 20 Jun 2016 at 08:37

Good note and about time Sir Winston Churchill was on one of our notes

glenimp617 · 20 Jun 2016 at 09:32

itchy said:
Pmsl! Not sure serious or troll!

I recently won the OCUK Class A troll award a few weeks back :cool:

Trained by Neowin

glenimp617 · 20 Jun 2016 at 09:34

DXP55 said:
If you get stuck in a public loo with no toilet paper will poo stick to this like the paper ones ??

You know you've made it when you can wipe your arse on five pound notes