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The plastic fiver enters circulation today with the Bank of England promising the new note will be a stronger and more secure upgrade on its paper predecessor. What distinguishes the new Lady Godiva ...

The UK has just introduced plastic banknotes, almost 30 years after they were used for the first time in Australia. The polymer notes are designed to last longer and be harder to forge. But the new ...

The Bank of England's Executive Director for Banking Services, Chris Salmon: "The environmental impact of a polymer bank note is actually less than paper bank notes" Plastic banknotes that can survive ...

More than 320 years of history came to an end this week as the Bank of England's new polymer £5 note entered circulation, replacing its paper predecessor. But did you know that it's not the first ...

A plastic £20 note will be available from 2018, the Bank of England has announced. The new-look £20, which was last updated in 2007, will be made of polymer rather than cotton-based paper. It will ...