The collective noun for banknotes is a wad of banknotes.
Australia's banknotes are printed by Note Printing Australia a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia. Note Printing Australia Limited either has or does print polymer banknotes for a number of 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.
Plastic banknotes are more durable and more waterproof than paper banknotes, as well as being harder to counterfeit.
Banknotes normally last for 1 to 3 years.
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currency or wad
Plastic banknotes were invented in Australia by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the CSIRO.
The Chinese jiazi banknotes are generally considered to be the first paper money in history, entering use around about 960 AD. The first European banknotes were issued in Sweden in 1660.
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De La Rue PLC print all English banknotes under licence from the Bank of England.
New Turkish lira banknotes began to be used in 1 January 2009. During 2009, both old and new banknotes will be accepted but by 2010, old banknotes will expire.
Australian banknotes are printed by Note Printing Australia Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia), in Melbourne. Note Printing Australia Limited has printed polymer banknotes for a number of 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. The Bank of England has issued banknotes since it was founded in 1694 and today all Bank of England notes are produced by De La Rue Currency, a subsiduary of De La Rue plc, situated at Loughton in Essex.