The new £5 note (Getty) By Zahra Mulroy 10:58, 29 Apr 2017Updated14:08, 29 Apr 2017 ...

The Australian inventor of the polymer used on the new fiver has said the row over traces of animal fat in the note is “absolutely stupid”. It came to light this week that the new note ...

Britain's new five-pound note features the image of World War II leader Winston Churchill - and comes with a promise that it can stand up to all his favorite things. That means the new polymer ...

BACK in September 2016 the new plastic fiver was released, sparking a flurry of media attention on the great British currency. The sturdy bank note is designed to withstand high heat and be complet… ...

Britain is one of the largest economies to adopt plastic banknotes and they are already in circulation in Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia. A new plastic 10-pound note featuring the author of ...

“The Bank has now concluded that it would be appropriate to keep the five pound polymer note in circulation and to issue the 10 pound note as planned,” it said. The central bank has spent 46 million ...

For a small and innocuous piece of plastic, the new five pound note has certainly caused quite a stir. First there was mass hysteria over rare serial numbers. Then came the news there were limited ...