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News on the current paper-issuing countries that are likely to convert or are discussing about converting to polymer.
Promotional notes on polymer substrates; by various printers.
Promotional prints on polymer substrates.
Proof notes on polymer substrates.
A detailed presentation of the Straus reference.
Improper, misleading, and fraudulent practices involving polymer bank notes. Includes information on counterfeited and doctored/tampered bank notes. |
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A paradigm shift in bank note security: security features in polymer bank notes By Ronald G. Gration; Securency.
By Les Coventry; November 1998.
By Bruce Hardwick and Ana Ghioghiu; NPA; 2004.
Effectiveness of public security and features on bank notes By Brian Lang; April 2002.
Improving bank notes for better counterfeit detection in note acceptor/validator machines
By Peter Carlin; April 2002.
Introduction of new bank note security features using a quality system approach By Dr B A Hardwick and D Reid.
Plastic currency offers additional deterrents to PC counterfeiting Protection Points, Issue 6, 2002, a publication of Banknote Corporation of America, Inc.
Polymer notes and recent counterfeiting experience in Australia By John Colditz; December 1997. |
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Fitness detection for polymer bank notes By John Taylor; October 1996.
Life of polymer currency notes–a study
By Les Coventry; November 2001.
A paper given by PolyTeQ Services at 2008 Banknote Conference.
By John Colditz; December 1997.
By Les Coventry; April 2001.
By PolyTeQ Services; 2007. |
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Cost-effectiveness of polymer currency notes–Australia's experience
By Les Coventry; November 2001. |
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By Les Coventry; October 1999.
By Les Coventry; September 1999.
By Chris Catlin, PolyTeQ Services, 2007.
By Peter Carlin; May 2004.
The Reserve Bank of Australia's experience. By Peter Carlin; October 1999.
By Peter Carlin; April 2001. |
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This archive comprises five PDF documents that contain anti-polymer propaganda.
GD's comparison (arguing against polymer bank notes) of paper and plastic bank notes (2001).
Mould-made cotton bank note paper and plastic substrate alternatives TDLR's comparison (arguing against polymer bank notes) of paper and plastic bank notes (1997). |
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Currency note research and development project—guide to records Commonwealth Scientific, Industrial, and Research Organisation, Division of Chemicals and Polymers.
Newsletters and tenders of Note Printing Australia.
Newsletters of the International Polymer Currency Association.
RBA's reports on NPA and Securency Reserve Bank of Australia's Board reports and financial statements on NPA and Securency. |
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By Brian Lang, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 2005.
Book review: World Polymer Banknotes (1st edition) A review of a book on polymer bank notes by Peter Eu, Ben Chiew, Julian Chee (2005); reviewed by Stane Štraus.
Chatham Islands Dollars, a monopoly money on plastic without any legal tender status. By Štane Straus.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's research.
Promotional material on DuraNote.
Descriptions and images of error bank notes. By Stane Štraus.
First paper-based bank note with see-through window presented A press release by Giesecke & Devrient of Varifeye® bank note technology. 2005.
Information on Tyvek® by du Pont A description of Tyvek®'s properties and possible uses for that material.
Picture overview of polymer bank note issues
Article featured in the RBNZ Bulletin (Vol. 62, No. 2, June 1999); by Brian Lang and John Barry.
Polymer bank notes–Australia's experience By Les Coventry; June 1997.
By John Taylor, RBA; 2002.
Article featured in the RBNZ Bulletin (Vol. 65, No. 1, March 2002); by Brian Lang.
Polymer notes–a chronology of developments in their issue NPA notes, and some others, from 1988 to 2001 and beyond, by Trevor Wilkin.
By Les Coventry; September 1999.
Polymer notes—the complete package By Les Coventry; November 1998.
A promotional leaflet of PolyTeQ® Services.
A paper given at the 13th Interpol Forensic Science Symposium, 2001.
The future for polymer bank notes By John Colditz.
Article by Wendell Wolka in Paper Money Values (Spring 2006, Vol. 2., No. 1)
By Note Printing Australia; 30.04.03.
The wider community benefits of polymer notes By John Colditz and John Taylor; April 1998.
Ty vek or not ty vek? Is that the issue? Trevor Wilkin discusses the ABNC Tyvek® notes and the early NPA notes.
World Polymer Banknotes (2nd edition) A book on polymer bank notes by Peter Eu, Ben Chiew, Stane Štraus (2007). |