Anyone got a new polymer Fiver yet?

[Xlucine]

I like it, it's a less drastic change than when they refreshed the £20. The size is still odd, but they look a lot nicer than the tatty paper fivers still circulating

[Stringent]

They are just ... odd. Also folding them isn't quite the same, which is good maybe. Just not used to them thats all.

When is that new £1 coin coming out?

[ik9000]

I have one of each in my wallet. The new one is so dinky. It feels like toy money. I encountered foreign plastic notes some years ago. Leave them in your pocket and they do abrade - don't believe this guff about longer lasting. The plastic might survive, but the markings won't.

[TheAnimus]

I think it's more that they are less likely to tare. Whilst paint might flick off, the holograms stay, they are easier for the machines to validate too, which I think is one of the main arguments against the older fabric ones, that when they get old they gunk up the machines.

[Smudger]

So what are the serial numbers we're supposed to look out for?

[ik9000]

So what are the serial numbers we're supposed to look out for?

That's a bit complicated, but the lower the better, or else unique round-numbers. Post them to me and I'll check them for you.

[Smudger]

Sure, they're in the post. You'll send them back, right?

[ik9000]

Sure, they're in the post. You'll send them back, right?

Sure*. But I'll need you to answer some security questions first to prove your identity.

*commission may be deducted along with postage costs, and any other BS terms we can think to wrangle. We'll ask VM's team to compile some small print - they who think nothing of increasing prices 6-months into a supposedly fixed contract.