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ArcticMyst Security by Avery

In Canada...money melts.






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The heck?? :confused:

The polymer $50 and $100 currency are interesting...
Unrippable and unwashable but melts under heat?

Is this already widely available to citizens?

Thanks for the interesting find!
 

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melted after being placed in a tin box near a heater.

laid his wallet on a toaster oven after toasting a bagel and noticed later that three $100 bills had taken on the shape of a “Coke bottle.”

I don't think it's a big issue. Just don't stick your wallet in the oven. The benefits of plastic money far outweighs the heat issue. They wont melt under regular heat.


The polymer $50 and $100 currency are interesting...
Unrippable and unwashable but melts under heat?

Is this already widely available to citizens?

They are widely available now. It's hard to find an old 50/100$ bill now. They are going to replace the 20$, 10$ and 5$ ones soon too.
 
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They wont melt under regular heat.

Inside of a car, on a hot day, is fairly regular heat...

According to anecdotal reports from Brittney Halldorson, a teller at the Interior Savings Credit Union in Kelowna, B.C., she’s heard of cases where several of the bills have melted together inside a hot car.

Would kind of suck to leave you wallet in your car, going to the beach, to come back to a bunch of melted bills.
 
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A hoy day? In Canada? :crackup:

But yes, it is an issue but I don't think there have been any confirmed reports of this; just rumours.

Heh, I guess maybe the canadian government made them like that on purpose so they aren't taken out the country.

I forget most of your country is kind of...
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Still, I was in montreal towards the end of september, and weather was nice.
 
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Are the molten bills still usable?

It would suck to find out that a couple 50's and 100's stored in a hot car were now scraps of plastic.

Cheers!
 

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Are the molten bills still usable?

It would suck to find out that a couple 50's and 100's stored in a hot car were now scraps of plastic.

If the serial number on the bills are still readable, then the bank will exchange them.
 
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If the serial number on the bills are still readable, then the bank will exchange them.

Glad to hear. :)

Could you also comment on how it's "impossible" to rip?
You can still cut it with scissors, right?

Cheers!
 

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On the surface it would seem pretty silly to produce plastic currency if it can't take heat.
 

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I guess these things won't make a good beam stop for my 405...aw well >_>
 




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