American Reacts to Secrets of the Australian Dollar

[@Jeni10]

Polymer notes are recyclable. We have always had different sizes in order of amount, since we first had paper money.

[@turkeyfishzzz3134]

They did the 50 before the 20 because the 50 dollar note was the most commonly counterfeited note

[@sammidee4713]

Also the clear plastic strip all line up on each note to make one long connecting panel when placed in order.

[@sammidee4713]

Oh and the one and two dollar notes were removed and we now have those as coins, also we threw away the 1 and 2 cent coins, so our lowest coin is now five cents.

[@kenchristie9214]

The lowest Australian denomination banknote has always featured the reigning British Monarch one side and parliament house on the reverse side. Originally it was the ten shilling note until 1966 when Australia changed to decimal currency. The one dollar coin was introduced in 1984, followed by the two dollar coin in 1988. The polymer note was developed by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) which has an impressive list of inventions and developments. Amongst them are: Wi-Fi, aircraft emergency slide, radar, ultra life battery, solar hot water, myxomatosis rabbit control, Aerogard insect repellant, Hendra virus vaccine, extended wear contact lens, Total Wellbeing diet, RAFT polymerisation, Barleymax, self-twisting yarn and Softly fabric softener.

[@simbob26]

The 20 and 100 were released on schedule and they are also beautiful. The size difference, colour difference and tactile marks, as well as the designs of the notes are all to aid in the fast identification of the notes by everybody, regardless of their eyesight and tactility. Australian dollars have always been different sizes and colours, even when they were paper, but the tactile marks are new on the latest series of notes. Note Printing Australia, in their Craigieburn, Victoria minting facility, make the polymer banknotes for many countries as well as our passports and other important documents.

[@warrenturner397]

I worked in the US for 6 months years ago and never got used to notes basically all being the same size and colour. Pain in the neck! Our polymer notes ARE recyclable.

[@libbypeace68]

we have also printed currency for 18 countries

[@Platypus333]

Was about to say this. That's a lot of trust when a country prints their money.

[@charleshunt5859]

Australian notes have advanced in size for advancing value since the very first notes. Polymer notes are melted, then recycled to create garden furniture, park benches and many other items.

[@ahill8686]

US notes are 25% linen and 75% cotton. They use a lot of resources (land and water) to produce, and have to be replaced much more often than polymer notes. Polymer notes can also be recycled if they're damaged.

[@leandabee]

When I visited the US, I had bank notes, and it always took me ages to go through the notes to make sure I was handing over the right note for my purchases 🤦🏼‍♀️😊

[@topsyfulwell]

Recyclable actually. These notes have since been updated and i must say our notes are breathtaking works of art.

[@maddyspinks]

We recycle our bank notes so they become something new and don’t break down in land fills, (also prevents stealing notes to use as counterfeit when no longer meant to be in circulation) so we are more environmentally friendly in the ‘after’ stage of the life cycle of our money too compared to the USA, we are VERY big into recycling here. Every house has a bin the same size as our normal rubbish bin too and the council comes around and collects them once a fortnight and the normal bin weekly. We also don’t get plastic bags any more, not normal ones anyway, and the biodegradable plastic ones we have had to be purchased for 10c each and you have to ask for them, but they are currently be fazed out for paper ones (you have to for pay 10c per bag for them too). Plastic straws are also banned now too, they are either paper if disposable or made of glass, metal or silicone or a hard reusable plastic. We also no longer have single use plastic, cups, plates, bowels, or cutlery, the cutlery is made of the kind of wood in ice blocks and ice creams and the others are made of paper. A lot of single use plastics in food and other packaging is also being traded for paper and cardboard too.

[@itt2055]

The biggest bonus with plastic money is that they don't get destroyed if you forget to check your pockets when you do the washing and you can leave them in your pocket at the beach.

[@SueNicholls-95]

The best invention was the little security pocket in boardies 😂 you can put your notes in it and swim knowing the notes won't disintegrate 😊 my two sons live in boardshorts year round.

[@stephentonks4679]

It amazes me that people don't listen to what is been said

[@SueNicholls-95]

It's frustrating isn't it???

[@phillipridgway8317]

Even before polymer notes appeared, most countries (including the UK and New Zealand) had different sized and coloured notes to make it easier for everyone to tell the difference, and not hand over the wrong note by mistake! I have never understood why the US has persisted with their range of very similar notes (which are also easy to counterfeit) for so long.

[@PurpleUnicorn212]

The notes are recycled so they are NOT put into landfill. Australia has always had different sized notes, even when they were paper. They have always been of different colours.

[@shadout]

The different size notes for Australia goes way back to before the polymer notes and was useful for vision impaired people, but the bumps are still easier way all round. Just a simple system of an incrementing number of bumps as you go higher in the currency, so 30 seconds training is all it takes for anyone to be able to tell. The other countries have also been introducing all these new security and accessibility features and some had even released before Australia, so the Australian notes aren't really the pioneers anymore.

[@matthewbrown6163]

It's Braille

[@shadout]

@@matthewbrown6163 It isn't Braille. The blind society informed the reserve bank that many vision impaired people don't know Braille, so the simple number of bumps as I described is used instead. They are the same tactility, but the arrangement isn't using the Braille convention.

[@matthewbrown6163]

@@shadout I never knew they still used those foldout devices - I called a former neighbour to explain how his dad survived & he told there was once Braille but was changed like in your post said. They use a measuring device to align with the size to equate value of the note after it is folded to measure the size to give the value.

[@samanthafairweather9186]

Our notes are polymer, NOT plastic!! And the "new" ones shown aren't our most recent. Also, this wasn't an Australian video at all. The person making it is ENGLISH!.He worked for a currency exchange, which he stated at the start of the video.

[@Bellas1717]

Polymer is just a general term for high molecular mass compounds made of repeating units called monomers. Plastics are synthetic polymers, there are also naturally occurring polymers like cellulose, starch and silk. Our banknotes are made of polypropylene plastic, a polymer of repeating units of propylene (aka propene).

[@EvanHart-d1n]

The UK licensed the Australian technology for their polymer notes.

[@CharlieDownUnder]

oh cool

[@Grayhouse67]

@@CharlieDownUnder Yes some Countries paid for the patent to print in their on mints ie Canada and UK for example Australia’s notes are printed by Note Printing Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia. However Printing Australia also prints polymer notes for a growing number of other countries including Bangladesh, Brunei, Chile, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Western Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Many other countries are showing a strong interest in the new technology.

[@Risng_Phoenix]

It's also along easier to feel the bumps than to guess the size of a note.

[@ghas2429]

Polymer banknotes are more environmentally-friendly as they last longer than paper ones which often succumb to wear and tear. Paper banknotes are currently made from paper and linen which is more fragile than plastic.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Not to mention the trees aren't cut down

[@samanthafairweather9186]

@Bennie32831 And we don't have to worry about money being left in pockets, and going through the wash! Unlike paper notes that disintegrate, the polymer notes just come out cleaner!

[@skullandcrossbones65]

G'day A typo has been found in the micro print of the $50.00. There is also Brail bumps on the notes to help blind people.

[@CharlieDownUnder]

oh cool

[@Dr_KAP]

Plastic notes aren’t bad for the environment because we recycle them !

[@its_artbyjay6451]

Not to mention. No one’s just going to leave money laying around and anyone would pick it up if it was just laying around 😂

[@christophergrieshaber4204]

Also Australia has the patent on the technology so at the moment all polymer bank notes are made in Australia and exported to the country where that currency is useful

[@herobrinenoch3522]

Some fun facts- Our $1 & $2 s are now coins. Different sizes and gold coloured - one and two cent coins were eliminated altogether (we don't have sales tax, so they really aren't needed). If odd cents come up in the supermarket or somewhere it's rounded to the nearest 5 cents. Even more fun- I used to sell supplies to the sign trade, and we carried a clear application tape (3M) which was very popular. It was suddenly pulled off the market to the outrage of the sign guys. Turned out it was the polymer they were going to be using for the banknotes, without the adhesive of course. : )

[@ironsword7]

I think unlike UK banknotes which have different height (or width?) and length for each denomination, Australian banknotes have different lengths but the same height/width for each denomination with $5 being the shortest and $100 being the longest.

[@leahlapham5634]

I think Australian money definitely looks the best and the different sizes and colours makes it easier to use. We have slang names for our money like the $20 bill is called a red back, the $100 bill use to be grey and was called a grey nurse.

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

I've never heard that? Which state refers to them that way?

[@Bellas1717]

When the notes with the window were first introduced, vending machines didn’t recognise them and would spit them out.

[@Blue-Dog]

Polymer money is great. I go surfing with it in my pocket, no drama. And no worries bout it getting stolen if I left it with my gear on the beach. Cheers bro. Also american money is a combo of paper and cotton. Cotton crops use vast amounts of water and pesticides. Trees are cut down to make paper. HELLO!!!!

[@Danceofmasks]

Why would any country have money that's the same colour and in the same size?! That's ridiculous.

[@cliffordmitchell9497]

The $10 depicting the aboriginal boy was the first note released but was recalled and changed due to the fact that the hologram in the clear window could be rubbed off ..... luckily i have a few that my dad held onto .

[@rossmcconchie1316]

Different colour and size all help identify the note quickly.

[@matthewbrown6163]

We have Braille imprinted into the corner of the notes for the blind. First note was the 1988 $10 Bicentennial note & in 1988 I exchanged 3 of them in Hawaii at a Bank & they thought they were fake. Bank Manager was so happy to see them in his bank. UK, NZ, Vietnam & Canada all joined as did Philippines too. I recall our first colour photocopier & we all signed a waiver to NOT counterfeit money but colour printers can do better now.

[@Megaloathyou]

The transparent parts of the notes also line up to form a greater picture

[@Aurochhunter]

The older $5 note also had a watermark of the Australian coat of arms, towards the top of the note. Anotehr feature to make it harder to counterfeit.

[@Goobers-Goober-Goob]

I f’ing love this c unt! Best Aussie interest videos I’ve seen and clearly understands us more than most!

[@ghas2429]

AUS Bank notes are all the same width but each denomination is approx 1/4 inch longer starting with the $5 going up

[@jonsant7232]

We also have a $100.00 note, you were correct about the other micro print hidden on all notes, the note ands are made from a recyclable polymer to cut down the resources needed and the notes are different sizes and have bright colours aswell the raised dimples to assist the vision impaired. Unfortunately the use of cash has dropped off dramatically in favour electronic money transfer but small businesses and tradespeople might give a discount for the good old-fashioned folding stuff it's always worth asking but don't get the shits if they say no and there's never a surcharge for cash

[@brerobsym]

Australia makes the British currency. We have kept the IP for all polymer currency. So all countries that use it, have it made here or under licence. It IS possible to counterfeit, but the equipment needed to achieve it makes it impossible from a practical standpoint.

[@rosiekickett2617]

Hi from Perth Western Australia and I'd just like to say I'm a Aboriginal woman from Perth my people are the Noongah people of the South West region of Western Australia and there's so many tribes throughout Australia all with different languages, customs and Traditional Lores... and i just wanted to say that Australia owns the patent for the polymer note and the reason why America hasn't taken on the polymer note was bcoz the Americans tried to get the patent which of course we never gave up and now Australia creates the currency for over 30 countries..

[@EvanHart-d1n]

Australia's polymer notes have always been different in size, they increase logarithmically as the value goes up.

[@gaileth8761]

He literally just said that polymer notes are recyclable! ♻️ It's also easy to see that the notes are different sizes.

[@bluedog1052]

Australia makes a lot of coins and notes for other countries, cheaper for them to outsource the tech and factories. Obviously more than likely only for trusted partners.

[@PS-Straya_M8]

Australia is fast moving towards a cashless society so hopefully these colourful bank notes are still around in the future

[@bjbolger]

There's something about the word 'currency'. If we do become cashless as the banks wantonly will us, where's 'our' currency gone?

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

Hopefully it won't become cashless if we protest loudly enough. I don't know where you live in Oz but where I live, on weekends many farmers and market gardeners sell their produce directly to the public in the grounds of primary schools. Straight from the producer to the purchaser with no middle men eating into the costs. Produce doesn't get too much fresher - all picked in the early morning before setting off for the market. Not all the stall holders have EFTPOS. There are many fundraising fetes and other celebrations. People have yard sales to get rid of unwanted furniture and other goods. This will all disappear if we go cashless. How will the parents pay pocket money to their kids . . . . etc.

[@timrozitis961]

When they first released the new $50 he first batch (I think about 300,000 of them) had a misspelling.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

They are not a pollution problem, they simply recycle them.

[@carokat1111]

Australian notes increase in size too, with each larger denomination.

[@marcusversace9423]

its actually an English video and Englih narrator. The theme is the Australian currency

[@-sandman4605]

We actually make English money in Australia.

[@matthewbrown6163]

I used to be paid monthly & moved home for a few weeks. I pulled $2,000 from the ATM 1 Friday as I rushed home from work. I ran into the shower telling my parents I was not here for dinner. After showering I hear my parents fighting in the kitchen. I ask them what is going on & my father tells me that my mother claimed the washing machine was full of money. I go outside to see $50.00 notes hanging on the clothesline - thank god they were Polymer note. I realised that my mother must have grabbed my business shirt off my bed as I headed to the shower - I always washed my clothes on weekends myself. Well I counted $600 of the laundered money to pay my rent & stuffed another $400 into my wallet with rest left in my drawer.

[@doubledee9675]

The Australian currency notes are different sizes. I'm not certain just when this feature was introduced, but my memory is that it dates back to the early 1960's - I had a Saturday job then in a greengrocery/milk bar.

[@akaluke1]

Fortunately, not many plastic notes end up at the dump or the sea :)

[@50NewEyes]

Australia prints many of the worlds bills due to our technology in this area….

[@YeahNahMaybe947]

Sir John Monash is one the worlds great military generals Monash he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath by King George V on 12 August 1918, at Château de Ber tangles. This was the first time in 200 years that a British monarch had knighted a commander on the battlefield.

[@matthewmcintosh4925]

This train left the station 5 + years ago. Oh sorry I forgot a goldfish has a longer attention span than you. Back on the rock an roll monday.

[@peterhoz]

"except for the breaking down thing" The audio literally 4 seconds earlier said they're recyclable. They get made into jew notes or other items, over and over. They're not single use plastic.

[@kazdean]

Why would plastic breaking down be a problem? Do you think people just throw their cash into landfill? At the end of their life they are returned via the banking system to be recycled.

[@DAILEK1968]

Every intelligent country in the world has these safe guards......America?

[@bluedog1052]

It's not in the constitution so most Americans don't care I guess.

[@goannaj3243]

Ever left cash in a pocket that went in the wash? or gone swimming. No worries.

[@mickhawkins9864]

US currency is very confusing because the notes are all the same colour and same size. Foreigners have proferred $100 thinking it is one! Thank God that all the Americans I have come across are honest. They laugh though as they point out the error!

[@bct8881]

" The breaking down process " ? You mean the recycling process ? They don't get to break down unless they're left out in the open air for years That just doesn't happen

[@GarryMercer-tq5uo]

The other countries didnt copy the manufacture of the notes. Australia sold them the technology developed by the government entity - the commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation CSIRO

[@Grayhouse67]

Yes some Countries paid for the patent to print in their on mints ie Canada and UK for example Australia’s notes are printed by Note Printing Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia. However Printing Australia also prints polymer notes for a growing number of other countries including Bangladesh, Brunei, Chile, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Western Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Many other countries are showing a strong interest in the new technology.

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

You literally just heard him say they recycle the notes at the end of their lifespan 🤨

[@rmelzhim6033]

Kind of wish it had gone into more into the cool details like being made for blind people to be able to easily tell them apart.

[@leighreganarblaster9852]

I’m in late 40’s still can remember in 🇦🇺 one and two dollars paper notes and one and two cents coins. I know 🇺🇸 still have cotton money and all green. Now the five dollar notes will have the head of the king due the passing of the Queen. The coins will have Kings head the other way from the Queen head this will happen when monarch passed away. One head right then left then and so on

[@The_Resistance_1961]

Yes, our bank notes are beautiful things. I wish I could afford to own some of them.

[@Razalonjrt1]

What also is very useful id the colours of each note so when you open your wallet and take a look you can tell roughly what you have in money, When I visited the USA I found it terrible having same size and colour notes often though I had a lot when only had a few dollar bills, With the Polymer it is able to be recyclable as well.

[@HenriHattar]

All plymeres ( which is what the Australian currency is made of ) is plastic AHH BUT ALL plastics are NOT plymere, it's an important distinction.

[@nathr7375]

You've earned my sub :)

[@adriancampbell6924]

How would having notes all the same size make it fit better in your wallet? Do you think the largest Australian note is larger than the largest US note? It might be but we don't accept puny little US wallets in Australia anyway. 😀

[@terenceoconnor2773]

Just as point of interest Australian notes have DOTS so the blind can realise what they are . Go get an AUSTRALIAN note & check for the DOTS . Its a well kept secret . CHEERS

[@AussiePom]

The Australian Dollar......to COIN a phrase.

[@tesssnow9381]

My poor parents the amount of paper bank notes that got put through the wash when iwas a kid lmfao 😅oh I can remember that

[@JBLegal09]

Our currency are different sizes mate, the UK currency (that you seem to be obsessed with) has been developed and manufactured here - it is an Australian innovation and the US is way behind. You're doing my head in.

[@emptyemptiness8372]

American currency is printed on a very specific mix of cotton and hemp i believe....so its not paper

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

Does it survive if it's left in your pockets and then put through the wash machine?

[@VagueRANT100]

SUBBED!....General Sir John Monash commanding Australian and American troops dealt the Germans their first massive defeat during the closing years of World War One and was the first proponent of BLITZKRIEG utilizing Air power , artillery,tanks and troops fully co-ordinated!

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

One of the greatest Generals of all time.

[@kingseb2252]

​@@geofftottenperthcoys9944No he's not he's good but there were many generals far better in history

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

The 1988 $10 note can be worth from $10 to $15,000. It was only 1988, in 1992 we got a new Plastic $10 note We have: $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 notes. NOTE: The $15,000 one was a miss print and only printed on one side. Value of a unused 1988 $10 note "RENNIKS 31st Edition" Any prefix $50 AA00 prefix $250 AA23 prefix $125

[@CharlieDownUnder]

oh wow!

[@shanehumphries2392]

if you stack all the notes top to bottom and to the rite the clear make it make a pitcher PS I never did this never, had the money

[@stevep2430]

We gave the $20 note the nick name red back.

[@Aurochhunter]

I have heard one woman call it lobster; though red back certainly sounds more Australian.

[@daveamies5031]

I guess the slang is regional I hear lobster more in QLD, but also Pineapple for the 50, even once I heard lettuce leaf for a 100

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

I've never heard that. Which state are you in?

[@stevep2430]

@@Rosemary-vf5ei Where the sun sets.

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

@@stevep2430 same.

[@MrMiguella]

I have a blind mate and we 3d printed a note super. You put you note on a the size and there are Braille dots telling him what size the note is.

[@dystar112]

Australia absolutely did it first 🇦🇺 ❤

[@arjovenzia]

Classic American hubris 'it's easier to fit in your wallet' u wot mate? That just doesn't make any level of sense.

[@Jules-zi5qf]

two words , practical and America DO NOT GO TOGETHER

[@brycejames8770]

We have $1 & $2 coins.

[@twoflyinghats]

Judging from the obvious accent of the voiceover person, this is a Pommy (English) video, as no way is he an Aussie! 🤪

[@kaby2589]

Australian notes are different sizes & colours.

[@michaelmayo9048]

USA are slow to introduce changes in technology...

[@AussieFossil]

It's very easy to detect a fake US bank note, but not many people know how to do it, unless they work in a bank. :)

[@AussieFossil]

It's very easy to detect a fake US bank note, but not many people know how to do it, unless they work in a bank. :)

[@Rosemary-vf5ei]

Americans must be amongst the few nations which hasn't accepted the metric system yet.

[@nicolecrichton9654]

You do know we did it first…

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

The RAM - Royal Australian Mint is making lots of money from plastic banknotes due to owning the patent and printing money for others I have a office trash blue made out of recycled $10 banknotes

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

Is that a spaceman / spirit visitor on the first $10 note.

[@MelodyMan69]

That $10 Note is no longer printed. It is a collectors Note today. The Aborigini man is our indiginious (native) race. 🇦🇺

[@PaulA-bv1rt]

@@MelodyMan69 .yes they are rare and fairly expensive. Yes that is an Aboriginal man and the spirit visitor behind him looks like an alien encounter. They draw what they see.

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

At the time some fake $50's had turned up so the new $50 was moved forward and a recall was done on the old $50 in the rush a spelling error was made on the new $50 note: The word “responsibility” is missing the third “i” and reads “responsibilty” the banknotes were not worth more as a result of the error. “There were 46 million of them produced so they don't have the rarity factor,”

[@CharlieDownUnder]

crazy they made so many before catching it

[@markflint2629]

Just proves Americans understand nothing He said RECYCLED

[@herobrinenoch3522]

I believe he was referring to the energy involved - no need to be snotty.

[@jacobpipers]

​@herobrinenoch3522 the American bank note takes more energy and water to make it and american notes do not like water

[@herobrinenoch3522]

@@jacobpipers Not arguing, just clarifying what I thought he was saying.

[@dystar112]

Britain is also part of the Commonwealth like Canada...so maybe that's why they have done the same...not sure🤔

[@xbrod7827]

Australia notes all have slang names 5 pink lady 10 blue swimmer 20 red back 50 pineapple 100 Granny Smith all because of each of there colours and all different sizes

[@MsTtilly]

I subbed, but I am wondering if dude ever replies to comments? Have yet to see him respond, but I'll keep checking.... 😂 🇦🇺

[@CharlieDownUnder]

Thanks for subbing. I do respond, just been busy lately but im going through comments now lol

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

How can the USA go to cards only? ummm how, what, were do you swipe your card at the strip club without getting slapped ?

[@CharlieDownUnder]

true lol

[@qualitytraders5333]

Aurdio waaaay too low. Goodbye.

[@Lower_Class]

In Australia we all so get New Zealand coin's in our change. You say not greener that's only if yar throw away money in the environment, who would do that.

[@capatheist]

10:44. Everyone that can afford to make the change is doing it.. not just Britain And not america.. presumably for the same reason your preety much the only ones that wont use metric over imperial 😜

[@Mrhowsyourday]

UK is crap compared to us in Australia