Australian Bank Notes are the Best in the World

[@ronster1703]

"I'm afraid I can't accept that, I'll check with my manager" The best description of a £50 note ever.

[@Milamberinx]

£50 won't be enough to buy a loaf of bread soon enough. We'll be throwing fifties into sacks on a weighing scale to purchase dinner.

[@zedg7473]

@@Milamberinx :/

[@Ikxi]

Because the note is too high value so not all places accept them?

[@csquaredfilms]

@@Ikxi imagine going to a 7-11 and paying with a hundred dollar bill, everyone would think you’re crazy and they probably wouldnt take it lol

[@Ikxi]

@@csquaredfilms Or that it's fake money Why crazy?

[@snoopy13946]

Even better, all those countries using polymer notes actually have to pay Australia for the licensed technology as it was invented there 30 years ago.

[@croc1608]

Expired patent then.

[@ryanconway9373]

Copyright lasts 50 years in Australia

[@Reaparss]

it was my understanding that Canadian notes are actually minted in Australia.

[@TracyBeakerMemories]

Sean do you have a source? Not that I don’t believe you but I’m really interested.

[@iamasmurf1122]

Tracy Beaker Memories why dont you search for it yourself , anyway answers are easy to find , read wikipedia link on polymer notes and also the notes are actually exported we dont have royalties on them . See RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2006/note-printing.html

[@ozbrizzie8869]

Aaustralia invented the polymer notes to prevent counterfeit as well as to minimise the need for replacing notes making them cost effective.

[@JohnCran]

And Australia licences the technology

[@laravincent5659]

@@porklord5424...And Australia invented the polymer note.

[@mr.person7339]

they are also recyclable

[@GlenJHenderson]

and our $2 coin has mr squiggle on it atm

[@dermotbresnehan6836]

@@GlenJHenderson Mr Squiggle is a figure of horror and I will never forgive whoever decided to do that.

[@ckmym]

US bills make a perfect line on a log scale of length, area, AND volume, so they are actually the best currency mathematically. The only catch is that the line on the graph is horizontal.

[@matthewkaseman7457]

R2 = 1

[@colinratcliffe3074]

Just saw your comment after I posted mine (above) :)

[@thaumaTurtles]

Very clever

[@grapetoad6595]

He said that about Canadian notes, but they are also waterproof.

[@longiusaescius2537]

Yup

[@jesusthroughmary]

It seems like the Aussie notes have the most obvious color variation as well, another point in their favor.

[@jrlepage2a03]

+jesusthroughmary Canadian banknotes go from light blue ($5) to purple ($10) to green ($20) to red ($50) to brown ($100), so I'd say they're probably tied as far as colour variation goes.

[@Mag314159]

+jr lepage I don't know man. Australia is pink -> blue -> bright red -> bright yellow -> eye popping green

[@jesusthroughmary]

+Mag 7 Exactly. The colors are brighter and more obviously different.

[@paradoxica424]

+jesusthroughmary Vibrant?

[@jesusthroughmary]

+Jack Lam Indeed.

[@green6676]

"American currency, yes it's awesome, but, it hasn't got the queen on it smiling down to remind you who's boss" *1776 will commence again*

[@blitz8260]

MERICA

[@muhammadshemede5874]

True

[@umariqbal7557]

I am sad, we got the illuminati instead.

[@erg0centric]

Zombie King George revived to join as player three

[@mntalateyya]

Technically, equal-sized currencies also fit in a log scale. They make a horizontal line

[@mastmaula7325]

mntchannel and a perfect one too

[@catherinerachaelangsy4423]

mntchannel that’s just lazy

[@amiwatchesyt]

mntchannel but you can't predict the value thanks to the size

[@hopehepperlin2519]

mntchannel yeah but when you scale it alongside it's increasing value...

[@trangium]

R^2 value of a horizontal line ìs 0, for some reason.

[@jamietus1012]

My dad told me that australian notes can't be torn, I immediately proceeded to tear the $10 I'd just been gifted. (I was quite young at the time)

[@csquaredfilms]

your dads a legend

[@Huntracony]

The dollars being the same size is actually a problem for blind people as there is litterally no way to tell the difference between the notes so they just have to trust that their change is correct.

[@thewuurm]

+Huntracony There are other ways around it, though. Canadian bills are identically sized, but have raised symbols on the bills to indicate denomination (one set of six raised dots for $5, two sets for $10, three sets for $20, four sets for $50, and two sets with a much larger distance than the $10 for $100). You can actually see them pretty well at 8:23.

[@yarone5960]

+Huntracony It is also a problem with counterfeiters that bleach $1 bills and print $100 on them and the paper is of original quality so the counterfeit looks real

[@smallcube7611]

+ipreferpi banknotes.rba.gov.au/resources/for-people-with-vision-impairment/

[@Nixitur]

+ipreferpi I'd imagine you would be able to remember the sizes of the bank notes, especially when you compare them to, say, the size of your hand or your wallet.

[@Huntracony]

***** Blind people are a lot less helpless than they're made out to be.

[@LazyMasterGamer]

How about Euro notes? (they go from 5 to 500 so it's gonna cost a lot to show in the video ^^)

[@StuziCamis]

+LazyMasterGamer You can get specimens of them quite easily. :D

[@LazyMasterGamer]

+StuziCamis yeah but it's better with real ones ^^

[@standupmaths]

+LazyMasterGamer Yes, sadly I didn't have any Euro notes around. I might do a follow-up video if there are enough interesting currencies I've missed.

[@LazyMasterGamer]

+standupmaths nice, and coins maybe. Like why the hell is the 5 Euro cent coin bigger than the 10 cent one ^^

[@stefanozurich]

Swiss francs go from 10 to 2000 and you can find the 1000 notes relatively easily.

[@Lutranereis]

Yes, but with Canadian notes, you can shine a laser through the security window to project the value of the money onto a wall behind it. That's actually pretty cool.

[@yinge101]

+Lutranereis Sure, but *ours* have a windmill in the security window! Beat that, Canada!

[@cleetose]

They mentioned that at the end of the video.

[@LordRunty]

Australia needs to implement this. There is no greater threat to our 'probably best banknotes' crown than our lack of laser based security features. If Canada ever figures out how to make banknotes of different sizes, we'll be ruined!

[@joshuawilliams994]

Yes, but Australia is one of the few countries that have a hologram for security reasons.

[@LordRunty]

Joshua Williams I'm not seeing any holograms on my notes, and the Reserve Bank of Australia makes no mention of holograms as part of the security features. The initial 1988 polymer notes did have holograms, but there were problems with them detaching. All notes since then have used other optically variable devices, but no holograms as far as I can see.

[@socialistsolidarity]

The US currency looks cheap and tacky, compared to the Australian.

[@banjo304]

It certainly does look so now, but I feel like the designs we had on the money until around '96 had some absolutely gorgeous engravings on the back.

[@andywright8803]

@@banjo304 but they would all be the same size and colour

[@banjo304]

Andy Wright True, I’m speaking more for aesthetics than practicality.

[@gtothereal]

Mau no they look well designed. Not like a drug induced hallucination.

[@andywright8803]

@@gtothereal are you speaking from experience...?

[@mr_Mmph]

So many different notes with famous people on them. The Danish bills just have bridges on them

[@skriver124]

And really ugly colours.

[@visiblur]

Julian Daugaard don't forget the archeological finds and Queen Margrethe. they're logarithmical too

[@mr_Mmph]

***** Not really

[@mr_Mmph]

***** It's just to make them look more like the Euro. Because there was some talk about switching to the Euro. But we didn't, because nobody wanted that

[@lisbonmapping8425]

I read bridges as fridges XD

[@Mandragara]

American money looks like it came out of an inkjet lol

[@origamikatakana]

^

[@ChristopherPuzey]

+Mandragara Better than money from a board game.

[@doemaeries]

+Mandragara I actually put one in my cheap copier and it looks nearly identical

[@Jerome...]

+Christopher Puzey Nope

[@ChristopherPuzey]

+Jerome Lavoie Yurp.

[@SafetySkull]

As an aussie I was absolutely shocked to see how easily that british note tore.

[@melissabarrett9750]

It was made of paper.

[@JessYoutubeAccount]

The banknotes only having a horizontal difference makes them amazing for sorting while also maintaining their shape better after heavy use in conjunction with the material deferences. What a cool currency. I think a vetical change in shape would be annoying to handle so I'm glad it doesn't include that. It would be like those school papers that were smaller than all the others that would fall out between the two sheets you were holding or angle weirdly and get damaged haha.

[@mrsimonebucher]

In Switzerland we have similar banknotes and a thing that was explained to me is that it helps blind people differentiate them, they just need a small table with notches for the dimension and then they can feel the different lenghts. Not a huge deal, but i always thought it was a neat fact! Edit: I just noticed someone making this same point in the comments below

[@ryanxie7554]

everyone is talking about the new five pound, Aus also got a new $5

[@Heligoland360]

Yea but they already had a plastic one.

[@lachlanm659]

ryan xie Aussie..... You mean Aus or Australia, Aussie is when talking about someone.... I see your not an Aussie

[@JoexFelinexTonysBlackTeeth]

ryan xie its not really new Scotland has had it for a while now

[@ryanxie7554]

Joe x Feline wait.. since when were we talking about scotland?

[@JoexFelinexTonysBlackTeeth]

ryan xie people are like "wow look at the new UK plastic fiver" and shit when Scotland's had it for quite a while

[@wheretfami582]

Canadian bills smell like maple syrup and looks cool

[@Dak17SJ]

Where tf am I? They don't smell like maple syrup lol.

[@0422Juls]

Dakodah Desroches they do a little bit when they're new

[@chason935]

you can also look through the leaf an see a dollar amount hologram

[@dentalstone]

chason935 the new austrailian $5 notes have that

[@0422Juls]

Bobsyouruncle Wilson they do make new ones you know.

[@goldroyal9321]

All polymer notes in the world are based on the technology developed in Australia by the CSIRO. The same research organisation which developed wifi. In addition, Australian notes have the best security mechanisms in the world. Each bank note has its name "five dollars", "ten dollars" etc printed in extremely fine font on the note as part of the image design, eg. shading of the building etc. The easiest one to see is on the $5 note, on the top left of the $5 note it is printed and can just be read without use of a magnifying glass.

[@IonianGarden]

And the ten dollar note has the Man from Snowy River written in fine print.

[@goldroyal9321]

IonianGarden Yes it does! The new notes have them in slightly less obvious areas too!

[@stagger87]

And the Serial number on the note glows under black light, sorry just remembering all these tricks from working as a cashier

[@kyleclarke4845]

Am I right in saying that SO DOES ENGLISH MONEY, I’ve actually looked into this before, and the security on the notes is just as good, and there are also tiny 5s and 10s etc in small print that is nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. also the notes in England aren’t Monopoly money

[@mickeydiver17]

@ x Robust They will be Monopoly Money after Brexit! lol :- )

[@andrewlambert9946]

New Zealand notes are polymer like AU... but they vary in both length and width (like UK). They also go up to $100. I would have to research the thickness though

[@Mrenisenko]

*laughs in euro*

[@tsurigd2262]

laughs in yen

[@memememegaming]

laughs in BR$

[@tsurigd2262]

Laughs in zloty

[@tsurigd2262]

Laacht luxembourgish

[@sariflavours7381]

Laughs in Canadian

[@Dixavd]

US notes = Most aesthetically pleasing Length:Width ratio UK notes = Best Design/Colour Canadian notes = Most difficult to forge Australian notes = Best overall

[@origamikatakana]

^

What's aesthetically pleasing about US notes?

[@Dixavd]

+Víktor Bautista i Roca I just like how the US notes are much thinner in relation to their length, like super widescreen monitors. The dimensions on the other notes look too chunky to me (width-wise compared to length).

[@funkyweezy8071]

Yen are the most beautiful

[@KevintheBooth]

+Dixavd are you american?

[@kiningroseburg9288]

9:23 I actually tried clearing the smudge off my screen

[@triggeredegg9675]

Kining Roseburg LOL

[@triggeredegg9675]

Kining Roseburg LOL

[@Obviary]

0:01 "Australia has the best banknotes in the world. And it's all because these things are based." ~Matt Parker

[@ratewcropolix]

search up "based matt parker wtf"

[@Obviary]

@@ratewcropolix Thank you for the recommendation

[@Leon024]

now UK has Polymer fivers and tenners, with the £20 note coming soon Also one of the Scottish fivers have a fish picture which automatically makes it better than Australian notes

[@someone4159]

AUD has many easter eggs. Plus if it wasnt for AU, UK wouldntve made Polymer notes :)

[@arisalive8810]

and braille

[@elwynr1108]

The Queen of England is the head of state of Australia, just a colony with slightly less valuable money.

[@danieldelport1537]

The fish outweighs everyother option

[@pedrorosa1662]

The Brazilian 100 ( reais ) also has a fish , but a much sexyer one 😉

[@AndrewBone]

Time to look at the new fiver 😉

[@KC-zs3vv]

woah, there's a window on it... omg it's shiny too. too bad no vending machines take it because it's actually a different size

[@Hankyspanky1996]

australia also got a new fiver lol

[@HarrisonJamess]

Sarah Cooper where in Essex are you from ?

[@janickmaharajah7226]

Andrew Bone And Switzerland got a new 50fr note

[@mwalford1]

What about NZ notes? They fit all the criteria: *Has a Queen, *Differing widths, *Differing lengths, *Polymer based, *Shrink in the oven. I can send some to you (shrunk or unshrunk)

[@niyudi]

Well, that was some Parker logarithmic scaling, I guess.

[@Soliloquy084]

Kiwi banknotes differ in both hight and length, are polymer based, and have the queen. I think it's clear that much like with rugby, New Zealand wins.

[@biscuitsandbananas3433]

+Soliloquy Not if you go and ruin your flag.

[@paulkennedy8701]

+Soliloquy Except they aren't made in New Zealand. (I thought they'd be made in Australia, but apparently they're made in Canada and the UK.)

[@TheOrangeSloth]

+Soliloquy Unfortunately, according to my calculations the r2 fit for the area of NZ bank notes is only 0.997995... so much like with cricket, Australia wins.

[@BandidoDescalzo]

+TheOrangeSloth but nobody likes cricket!! also +Soliloquy Your videos are amazing.

[@Soliloquy084]

+josiah O'Neill Thanks, and seriously who would think a 5 day sports game is a good idea?

[@darkmater4tm]

3:00 Australian money is ALMOST a perfect line. American money IS a perfect line. US dollar wins.

[@volundrfrey896]

+DarKMaTTeR Not if you're blind.

[@darkmater4tm]

Völundr Frey Do you even math?

[@mookiecookie44]

I don't think these guys math

[@volundrfrey896]

DarKMaTTeR I didn't comment on the fact that they make a perfect line. But that they win because of that. Sure if that's the criteria then they do win, but I just wanted to point out why it's a very bad thing for some.

[@AgentDRJ]

+DarKMaTTeR Though that doesn't change the fact that r-square=0. Since r-square or R^2 also is the square of the correlation co-efficient r. And in this case r=0 so R^2=0 as well. So Australia still wins via R^2.

[@bibekgautam512]

And we've got Mt. Everest on our banknotes (also to remind you who's boss!?). We don't have waterproof polymer though.

[@standupmaths]

+Bibek Gautam Mt Everest is definitely the boss.

[@someguyontheinternet2521]

+standupmaths we also have 300 bills im aussie btw

[@davidalexander4505]

+Defective Turret No we don't...

[@someguyontheinternet2521]

David Alexander my dad showed me one ;3 they exist but they are really rare

[@michealhill1495]

+Defective Turret Nope. Either your dad showed you a fake/other/nation, or you didn't see it correctly. For reference, the RBA has a list of legal currency in Australia, including banknotes: banknotes.rba.gov.au/australias-banknotes/banknotes-in-circulation/

[@DeathBringer769]

6:45 I actually think the Queen looks younger on the British note here. Sorry ;)

[@thebluefarmer6406]

Different sized notes would drive me nuts.

[@black_platypus]

+The Blue Farmer I assume you're not blind then? ;)

[@thebluefarmer6406]

Benjamin Philipp So if I hand a blind person a 10 dollar australian bill they can tell it's 10 dollars bases solely on length?

[@black_platypus]

The Blue Farmer Well, with Ozzie money it's more than that - but sure, it helps: You can carry references to check against. That eliminates a whole lot of confusion or trickery right from the start. I'd call that a plus and I wouldn't want to have to deal with anything less

[@thebluefarmer6406]

Since its plastic they should just embos some braille on it.

[@waynej747]

+The Blue Farmer The $10, $20, $50 and $100 Australian bank notes do have some embossing, located in the window area. The $10 has a wave pattern whilst the larger notes have their value embossed. The $5 does not have any embossing. One of the design requirements of the Australian banknotes was to ensure the vast majority of the population could use them. Features like embossing, size differences, and even the use of vibrant colours helps people with varying levels of vision difficulties.

[@JackDrewitt]

30%

[@JackDrewitt]

+Jack Drewitt www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Documents/kyb_lo_res.pdf

[@chickenbird3397]

New Zealand currency has a log scale, is made from polymer AND was recently updated. (We also don't have poisonous spiders)

[@roblostandlate.6005]

ChickenBird. Aw, that's no good mate, we'll send some over if ya like! How about a few taipans and tiger snakes as well?

[@lejatzman96]

Although you do have earthquakes and volcanos

[@Chris_Cross]

@@lejatzman96 So does Australia. (Technically speaking, although there are no active volcanoes on mainland Australia, there are on islands that belong to Australia)

[@lejatzman96]

@@Chris_Cross yeah thats what i meant, they are much less often and not as severe (btw, i am Australian and was having a dig at the kiwis)

[@user46346bdtgry]

What about Euro notes??

[@spaceman7019]

garbadge

[@juttagut3695]

The R²-measure for length vs. log(value) is 0.9986.

[@mickeydiver17]

Monopoly money you mean?

[@MPIO2023]

Joe Soap not water proof

[@ronmiel100]

apparently they have been discarded for not having the Queen on them...

[@RandomSelectGaming]

...log scale? ...Log Scale!? ...LOG SCALE!?!?!? ...THAT WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIR! HOW ABOUT A LOG CABIN!!! NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE trumps(we must whisper this word lest we summon the beast) THE QUEEN ANY DAY!!!

[@thepip3599]

This comment made me laugh. Good job.

[@RandomSelectGaming]

The Pip :D ^^

[@if3660]

"He trumps the queen" I don't know if you did that on purpose or not.

[@Mufflemonsta009]

Lincoln was a massive racist. Queen beats Lincoln

[@RandomSelectGaming]

yeah, but NOBODY likes the Dutch.

[@berendotto]

Romanian money is also waterproof and i think its on a logarithmic scale too!

[@vladflaucher469]

Asta vroiam sa comentez

[@daniel117100]

Yeah but Romania has no money

[@geekybench]

Berend Otto Apply cold water to burnt area.

[@rowanbrown5541]

0:07 Aussie notes are based confirmed

[@joshuamitchell5530]

“The £50 called the ‘I’m afraid I can’t accept that” 😂

[@cassiee8632]

I feel like a lot more could be said about the Australian (and maybe the Canadian) bank notes, such as their usability for the visually impaired. Our notes have indented dots to indicate their value. Additionally, Canada and Australia have the clear window to make them even harder to make counterfeit copies of. I also know on Australian notes, we have holographic symbols in these windows, once again making it incredibly hard to copy.

[@Howtheheckarehandleswit]

On Canadian notes, we have 2 transparent parts: one has holograms, the other has a diffraction grating that projects an image of the denomination of the bill when a laser is shone through it

[@Ineedgames]

American Dollars burn easier too for Rich people.

[@Agos226]

Yeah how else are you supposed to light cigars?

[@JacquelineUnderwood]

사나이사나이 actually a lot of wealthy people in America aren’t wealthy because they save well. They’re wealthy because their income is much greater than they can spend and/or they have generational wealth. A poor person isn’t going because wealthy by saving the very little money they can after living expenses. There are a lot of wealthy people that save a lot despite spending much more than the average American middle class, four person family.

[@greaterFool3765]

Namibia has lions, giraffes and elefants on their notes. They're clearly superior.

[@Hiperruimteindustriee]

South Africa has lions, elephants, rhinos, bulls, and cheetahs. I may have one wrong, but it's the big 5. :)

[@thembinkosikissama8764]

@@Hiperruimteindustriee Southern Afrika in the house. #Mzansi4Life

[@vale.antoni]

The Venn-diagram missed a very important metric: The presence of the Queen to show who is boss

[@dojix96]

But, you can't light an Australian $100 bill on fire to light a cigar with it.

[@earthwizz]

+Dojix But they're excellent for snorting coke. Since they're plastic they don't get soggy.

[@thertsman8233]

+Robin Harrison And you're not leaving as much on the note as you do with paper notes :P

[@earthwizz]

+Dean s And any of your drink left on there you can easily lick off. Love a bit of hard core caffeine.

[@ktimo100]

You could just light the cigar directly...

[@Azivegu]

+Timo Kroeze you monster!

[@johnboyd6943]

This article was made years ago, now in 2021 the comparison should be done again. I'm Australian and our notes have been redesigned. All denominations have retained their original colour and size, they all now contain tactile bumps so people with low vision can feel for the note's value making them far superior to any other notes in the world. And yes, other countries are finally catching up.

[@agushernandezquiroga9064]

"[Australian bank notes] are based(...)" - Matt Parker, 2016

[@112048112048]

I love how you desperately chase after the ripped fiver at 7:26

[@tooold8549]

It's all about the 1930 German Mark. It does something none of the other bills can: be a wallpaper or kindling

[@iamthinking2252_]

Too Old What about Zimbabwe?

[@jaagup]

But what about euros? They vary in size.

[@Migustinder]

that's what i thought. They also vary in colour and are hard to counterfeit because they have the hologram picture you can only see against light.

[@overeighteen7688]

+Migustinder Pound notes have a hologram and tbh I wouldn't be surprised if Australian dollars did as well

[@Azivegu]

hell, most US bills have one too

[@HotEmboarNacho]

aussie ones do m8

[@GamePro-pz8dl]

Euros are even waterproof

[@JSDGDesign]

I love how in the Vinn Diagram of curency at the end the stack of USD bills goes $1, $5, $10, $20, $1. (Additionally, it is worth pointing out that we have the $2 and $50 USD bills as well, and those were left out of the analysis.)

[@QPUNeptune]

i mean to be fair, the last 1$ was the 100$ emulated one (and yes, ik that this is a 7-months-old comment)

[@cranjusmcbasketball2052]

Yeah but who in their right mind would ever buy a lottery ticket with a 2 dollar bill? That’s a heirloom that you give to your grandchildren. It’s more of a novelty than a currency even though you can technically buy something with it.

[@JSDGDesign]

To begin with, who in their right mind would by a lottery ticket at all? And it's novelty does not effects it monetary value or legitimacy as legal tender. To be fair, the US has plenty of novelty coins and bills, but they are all legal tender. The $2 Bill is part of our set of bills (as are the $50 and $100), and should have been included in the analysis as such. Despite being used somewhat less frequently.

[@rayden54]

@@cranjusmcbasketball2052 $2 bills aren't actually all that rare.

[@ericrosen6626]

According to the mint, 537.6M $2 bills have been printed in the last 10 years -- that makes them pretty rare relative to other bills, but hardly rare enough to horde them as collectibles. IMO that is the problem, since people don't use them, the mint doesn't print them. Pre-pandemic, I'd always ask at my bank... if they had any I'd take them and I'd get enough that I could keep any that didn't have folds/creases and sequential ones and spend the rest. To put that 537.6M bills (over 10 years) in perspective- compared to other US bills over the same period, $1 - 41x as common $100 - 33x as common $20 - 28x as common $5 - 13x as common $10 - 8.7x as common

[@quantummaniac5]

While American bills are not made of polymer material and are therefore not tear resistant, they ARE, in fact, water resistant. This is because the material they are made from is actually a textile. That is why American bills can survive being left in your pocket when you wash your laundry, while paper cannot survive the same treatment. Incidentally, Matt, I don't imagine that you will see this comment, so I'll be faxing it to you.

[@Ky.straxy]

this is why i love being an Aussie and still living in Australia

[@atomatopia1]

So the only thing you love, and your single reason for living in Australia, is that the money almost has a correlation of 1 when put on a log graph?(And it's waterproof and tear resistant)

[@markbravaco2912]

I agree. I didn't even know that Australian and UK notes are different sizes and colors: i am american :D

[@Lolmank123]

+atomatopia1 we dont get mass shootings ty

[@SK_Wizzard]

but then everything costs so much you dont have money left to look at

[@SunsheildAndStuff]

But then we do have a minimum wage of $21 so yeah....

[@doctorscoot]

Australia invented the plastic banknote, of course. Canada pays us royalties to use it!

[@jrlepage2a03]

+Scot Mcphee Do they? I'd like to know if you have a source to back up that claim. Genuinely curious.

[@doctorscoot]

+jr lepage Wikipedia - "Modern polymer banknotes were first developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and The University of Melbourne. They were first issued as currency in Australia in 1988 (coinciding with that country's bicentennial year). In 1996 Australia switched completely to polymer banknotes. Countries that have since switched completely to polymer banknotes include Brunei, New Zealand, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Vietnam, Fiji, Mauritius, and Canada." They definitely would have to licence the technology. The RBA sells the technology.

[@GoobNoob]

lol. Canada makes its own notes. only NZ and Mexico use the same notes. and now the NZ is switching to a Canadian design.

[@doctorscoot]

you understand what the term "licence the technology" means, right

[@lmiddleman]

The nice thing about licensing the technology is you can print the fee payment.

[@captainobscurity491]

I'm American and I never knew that other countries have different sizes of bills. I'm uncomfortable.

[@joools1953]

Our notes are also much more quickly distinguishable because they're different colours.

[@TheDiscrazy]

If you can read numbers then EVERY currency in the world is pretty easy to distinguish.

[@Billy55563]

Some people are blind. That's why log scales help.

[@TheFrontyer]

Yeah, but colors are way faster and easier.

[@AnTran-ie7vq]

Derek Decker For one note, it is easy but for a stack of notes or a lot of stacks then it is not easy anymore. People could try to disguise the money by that

[@mga5534]

It just makes sense. It’s not easy to rip, notes get bigger as the denomination gets bigger and you don’t have to look at the numbers cus they’re colour coded, as opposed to America where the notes are literally paper and are all an off 1700s yellow

[@ApplepieFTW]

aren't euros just better in this case? 5,10,20,50,100,200,500?

[@MrGlove191]

No euroscum.

[@ApplepieFTW]

at least it's still better than dollar bills, I mean bills for 1 dollar? the hell? your entire wallet is just green, you have no good way to quickly tell what bill is which, just terrible

[@deddrz2549]

that's one of the good things about US currency. You can have a $100 bill on the top, a $100 bill on the bottom, and a bunch of $1 bills in the middle, and you look rich.

[@Spectarium]

its a waste of space in your wallet

[@deddrz2549]

ya it was a joke lol

[@sohrab4497]

What about Euro!? They have 200 and 500 Euro Bill

[@jort93z]

not waterproofr though

[@Joaguww]

OP PAI The euro is dead. worth diddly squat compared to AUS, US and UK

[@007xgui]

General Josh Gaming The euro is worth more than the US dollar!

[@pixeleric_]

007xgui yeah your right

[@mickeydiver17]

General Josh Gaming lol You wont get much over 60+ Euro cents for a AUD ! So how "dead" is our Aussie dollar?

[@shermanator87]

As someone who in the past spent most of their day counting money i can definatly perceive the difference in thickness. It's actually one of the main ways I could tell a counterfeit note. After thousands of hours handling Australian notes you will feel a microscopic change in the thickness of the note.

[@adammullarkey4996]

I should probably point out that we in the UK now use polymer £5 and £10 notes, and are planning to introduce a polymer £20 note in February of this year (2020).A polymer £50 note has also been announced. It's expected to enter circulation at the end of 2021, at which point I shall expect a revised video naming pounds as the superior currency. People may also be interested to know that we used to have a £1 note. I'd be interested to know if anyone has tried plotting this on Matt's graph, and what the results were (for reference, the dimensions were 135 X 67mm).

[@Heligoland360]

I think the Australian mint knew you were making this video...

[@ciangargan]

No the pound is the best currency. It's the most stable and has the most value, oh wait.........

[@Chronic_Ruminator]

Brexit made me sad.

[@tanmayagarwal4767]

BREXIT !!!!!!!!

[@marcs9451]

Bitcoin

[@Votive]

out of those three it is still the most valuable...

[@TheHarrypropper]

Where are the EURO notes? They are washable and beachproof ;)

[@margeobur315]

New Zealand bank notes are also colourful, different sizes and made of plastic, although I'm not sure which country brought in the notes like that first out of NZ and Aussie. New Zealand notes are even prettier and more patriotic though :3

[@margeobur315]

And we have the same note values

[@margeobur315]

Not sure about size though... They definitely increase in size, but I'm not sure exactly how.

[@wilfrancis554]

margeobur Australia invented and introduced polymer first, they were the first in the world (invented by CSIRO).

[@AlexLaw_Qld]

Not quite first, there were a couple of polymer "paper" notes done by various printers before 1988.

[@margeobur315]

I c

[@mugensamurai]

It's true this stuff is so durable it will survive the apocalypse like Mad Max.

[@Luke-zi3uw]

You can dunk the £5 in water and it won't tear. You are using the old £5 note in this video

[@mickeydiver17]

Australia also has the most colourful banknotes in the world, not drab & boring like the British pound or US dollar. Mind you the Dutch guilders used to be the most colourful before they changed to the Euro. & that people, is my most pointless comment of the day! :- )

[@mickeydiver17]

Well so far anyway!

[@BrekMartin]

mickeydiver17 The new ones look a bit over the top though. If you're not Australian yourself, there's a new lot coming in, of which, we only have the new $5 note so far.

[@mickeydiver17]

@Brek Martin I agree & they are causing havoc at Coles, Woolies & even the TAB because the clear strip can't be "read" by machines lol. I have a mint condition original $5 note 1st issue & it's worth much more than 5 bucks!

[@mickeydiver17]

Oh & I'm talking about the paper Caroline Chisholm "Commonwealth Of Australia" note! Yeah, boring really unless you're into collecting banknotes like this poor sad sack! lol :- (

[@BrekMartin]

That’s cool. I don’t collect it generally, but I do have a full mint collection of former Yugoslavia notes just because they have Nikola Tesla portraits and associated imagery. They range from 100 to tens of Billions, and do vary in size, so I thought watching this video they would have made an interesting comparison :D

[@Staremperor]

What about euros?

[@AustitoR]

bad

[@Minimo360911]

Staremperor euros are cool, but the 200 and 500 seem pointless

[@Chronic_Ruminator]

AussieGirl is savage.

[@S404_44]

Minimo my mum used some €500 notes to buy a new car (hint: cash is king here)

[@DNABeast]

Differently sized bank notes help people with visual disabilities. It should be illegal not have differently sized notes.

[@TheSilverValkyrie]

Alright, Aussie notes may beat British on log scale and waterproofing... But which ones are worth more? Checkmate.

[@jamesieuan839]

+DWSJordan I wish I could like that comment more than once XD

[@OriginalPiMan]

+DWSJordan Our top note is worth about the same amount as your top non-Scottish note.

[@JustinShaedo]

+DWSJordan I remember when a bunch of Poms (English) were out here losing the cricket and the Barmey Army were chanting "you get two dollars to the pound do dah do dah" ... just couldn't argue with that, and had to content our selves with another sporting win instead (that'll learn you to deport all your best sportspeople back when!)

[@BrendanStuart]

+DWSJordan Ah, but out highest note is worth more than yours (just...)

[@Poldovico]

+DWSJordan Australian $100 bills.

[@barry_t]

ahem. Make your plot of US bank note values to lengths, areas, and volumes. Your "r" values equal 1.

[@oz_jones]

Flatlining plot, lol.

[@smoothred9453]

it would actually equal 0

[@CasaVoid]

A bit late to the party, but regrettably you've missed the best currency. Costa Rica has perfectly logarithmic notes from 1k to 50k, a much larger range than UK or Australia, they are fairly waterproof, and most importantly, each denomination features a beautiful scene from the rainforest or ocean.

[@herzkine]

So it costs more to make a note than its value is?

[@hamob1800]

Not to mention different colours making them easy to tell apart

[@pcbenutzer6651]

Best money was 10 DM from Germany before Euro with Gauß on it.

[@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB]

Would be interesting seeing an Euros comparison as well :)

[@standupmaths]

+Antonio Barba I'll start collecting them on my travels!

[@Yamahapsr200]

+standupmaths Notice that there are old and new ones! (Both are in circulation) Currently the new 5s,10s and 20 are out, 50s probably come this year

[@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB]

Nice!

[@horstkevin1799]

I was about to ask the same thing :D nice

[@quakquak6141]

+Yamahapsr200 the old ones were better looking IMO

[@MrMoon-hy6pn]

I find it funny how we had a typo on the "new" 50$ note not long ago

[@kylecow1930]

the new 5 pound is just like Australia n money

[@kylecow1930]

***** thanks

[@ashton5734]

KyleCow Australia got new banknotes too so they're not the same anymore

[@hedgehogwillable]

The new 5 dollar Australian note looks like Canadian money

[@rakalin9015]

but with braille

[@blairmacp]

The new Australian notes that have just been released (only $5 so far) have Braille on them.

[@lavatheif]

the new £5 notes are waterproof and tear resistant :P

[@ruben7423]

lava theif all Aussie notes are waterproof and tear resistant.

[@leogilbert9515]

lava theif our notes from years back that we use today are water and tare proof

[@hellodownthere3763]

and they're pretty much forgery proof

[@malcolmleonard3974]

lava theif sorry we are up grading it again all of it lol.

[@unsignedmusic]

What about New Zealand Notes?

[@Zwank36]

NZ dont make their notes, in fact, they are outsourced to Canada and Australia.

[@unsignedmusic]

Zwan So?

[@snyparaustralis540]

theyre the same size as the aussie notes, just theyre printed in the wrong colours

[@frostwalker7880]

Not true, New Zealand notes change in both height and width like the UK notes, while Australian notes only change in length

[@Zwank36]

***** Well they arent NZ notes are they?

[@YamamotoTV2021]

Great video! I enjoyed listening to 10 minutes of discussion of British pounds vs Australian dollars! ❤

[@pkmntrainermann4476]

UK notes and coins are great, they all go 1,2,5 in a series. £1, £2, £5, £10, £20 etc... This means it is very easy to get any integer number of pounds without needing loads of 1s. It's clean and simple

[@LawtonDigital]

You'll forgive me for pointing out that Canadian notes by length, width, area AND volume ARE PERFECTLY LINEAR on a log scale with an R value of 1.000. Sure, the slope of the line is zero, but it's still a line. You make great videos, but your math needs some work.

[@greggcayman5031]

Yep, it's easier to counterfeit a us dollar bill and make a $1 into a $20 bill. There's a bleaching method which you use. By making them different sizes it's handy for blind people along with an intaglio feature. But also prevents counterfeits. The Swiss Franc has the most security features on a banknote, but it's made from cotton/linen combination. They have some insane features like a micro-perforation of the denominated values of the note.

[@JohnSmith-pt4kn]

the notes are ugly though

[@eldritchassassin9754]

Incorrect, the R value is 0 because there is no slope. A very simple and common mistake I've seen around the place. :P (And yes, it changes from 0 to 1.000 when even the most marginal of slopes are observed.)

[@Malake256]

The R value shouldbe 0. When two variables show no correlation, they show a 0 r-value through the formula.

[@kphan2484]

its zero bro, you need to rework your math, not him...

[@Justgregular88]

Australia invented polymer and even print NZ, Canadas and fijis currencys

[@geministargazer9830]

Greg Dundee and Canada’s

[@joynwaji2422]

GeminiStargazer he said that

[@iamasmurf1122]

Actually they print all polymer notes globally and export then from the RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA which we here in Australia get paid for doing

[@ethanandrews3076]

This is the first time I think I actually prefer the way the U.S. does something

[@DrakonIL]

If you plot the US currency by volume vs log of value and draw the line of best fit, I think you'll find that its R^2 value is exactly 1. So clearly it's the best by this measure.

[@Jonesy1701]

Also, the Australian Mint has now introduced updated designs making them even harder to counterfeit, but also include bumps on the corners for the visually impaired meaning you can denote what value the note is without needing to see it. (5s have 1 bump, 10s have 2 and so on.)

[@Abigailtries]

I love how after this video uk money changes to plastic

[@w4ter741]

And now the UK notes are waterproof

[@primalcardistry4277]

for any magicians here 1:18 *the snap change*😂

[@ronaldweasley4648]

This is awkward, who's going to tell him UK notes are made from polymers now?

[@pcfreak1992]

I actually prefer bank notes which also differ in width. Imagine you have many different kinds of bank notes in your wallet and you are at the supermarket. It is much easier to find a certain value bill if they have a different width since most people have a wallet where you access the notes from the side. But I have to agree that money made from plastic would be a better idea. I actually never broke a bank note but I can see the advantage if you live near the sea or a lake.

[@paulkennedy8701]

+pcfreak1992 Have you never left money in the pocket of some that you put in the wash? With polymer notes now if you find a wadded up pile of paper mush when you're hanging out the washing you know it wasn't money.

[@pcfreak1992]

+Giggstow I don't know about the kind of wallets you can buy where you live but where I live (Europe) most wallets can hold up to 100€ bank notes at least, the bigger ones even the slightly larger 200€ and 500€ notes.

[@pcfreak1992]

+Paul Kennedy No, I actually prefer to keep my money in my wallet. ;-)

[@pcfreak1992]

+Giggstow That's one of my favorite comics from him :D Well my solution to this "problem" is that I just buy the wallet that fits all of my 500€ notes.. ;-)

[@Blackreaper777]

+pcfreak1992 Last year we switched to euro and I can safely say that for me personally differently sized notes are pain in the ass. Bigger notes cover the smaller ones and thus, smaller notes are more difficult to find. I'd much prefer having same size, but differently coloured notes.

[@tommosx5698]

It's so good because australian notes now have the canadian style clear thread as well. No more counterfeit

[@GG-nq4qf]

I like Australia Notes but does log scale really matter

[@dragon4c3_71]

Helps with counterfeiting.

[@becauseimafan]

7:55 Awww hell yes, Canada!! We swoop in for the win!! ... I mean not, cuz our bills are all the same size LOL But still, we beat USA 😁

[@becauseimafan]

Oh Steve Mould had our Canadian money?? Heck yes checking that out next 😁

[@peterhowes5926]

Ah Ah. Funny. Very funny 😑

[@josephcohen734]

I love how he's like "you know what's great about American money? They all look the same so you can get a wad of 1s and a wad of 100s and it's heard to tell them apart. You know what's terrible about American money? They all look the same so it's hard to tell them apart".

[@chestercopperbottom]

1:40 I wouldn't come back to the U.S. if I were you,Matt. You just broke federal law.

[@L4rgo117]

One thing I really like about US currency all being the same size is that if I need to get a bunch of 20s or 100s, I always get a 1 too, and fold it on the outside and fold it so that it just looks like I have a bunch of small change and it’s not incentive to cause trouble

[@rim7115]

The new Australian notes now also have different textures to aid blind people

[@renter112]

But does the 100 smell like Maple?

[@planetX15]

Smells like mint.

[@geministargazer9830]

No but Australia makes the Canadian money so..

[@roblamb8327]

@@geministargazer9830 so.... They smell of Eucalyptus?

[@geministargazer9830]

@@roblamb8327 Yep, scratch and sniff money

[@hannahwatermelon]

I, as a Canadian, would like to submit a reevaluation with the added qualifier of the little window in the Canadian bills. I think this puts them far above the rest.

[@plokkfiskur9094]

That is sutch a good design, You can look through it, and in a stack you can see if there is anything in between the bills. Canadian doller 1# currency ( Also i just found outif a lazer pointer is shined throgh the maple leaf, the value of the note will be projected, that is just amazing)

[@jackchills]

Sorry to burst your bubble. But, Canadian and US bills are on a log scale, with an r^2 value of 1, because it is a horizontal line.

[@jackchills]

And yes, I know you skipped over it, because it is the trivial solution; but it is a solution, and should be covered.