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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 228332, member: 4373&quot;]Australia is the pioneer of polymer notes which is now used in a fair number of countries. Even the Singapore $50 polymer note, the second country to issue polymer note is made by Australian technology. Australia released one back in 1988. </p><p><br /></p><p>Polymer notes are pretty difficult to counterfeit as because it&#039;s plastic, it has a different feel as well as a clear plastic window. There is a watermark which is the Australian crest, (the roo and the emu) as well as the serial number will glow in a different color under UV light. If I&#039;m not mistaken, there is another bit of the note that will glow but I can&#039;t remember the top of my head. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes these notes last pretty long. They are made to be durable. I have seen notes from 1993 and they are still in excellent condition. If you accidently leave them in your pocket while doing your laundry, there isn&#039;t anything to worry about. The only thing is when you are silly enough not to realize that there is money there and try to iron it, which I accidently did (fortunately only bits of the notes started to shrink) And finally, these notes are almost impossible to tear apart! (unless you try to cut them up with scissors or something sharp) </p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, it is not that polymer notes aren&#039;t counterfeit yet. They already have been unfortunately counterfeited by Vietnamese mafias and have counterfeited Aussie 50 dollars and the Vietnamese polymer dongs. Fortunately though, quality isn&#039;t quite there *yet*[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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