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**MasdMnPa** · 08-18-2009, 10:22 AM

Why use paper and not plastic like we do. Plastic is water resistant, harder to tear and has a longer life span and probably harder to contaminate. So why do the US have paper money?

Is it easier to produce/make or something? cheaper to make?

I think part of it is probably that the paper we print money on is special paper, that's part of the anti-counterfitting stuff we do I bet.

The other part is probably just reluctance to change. It's always been paper.

08-18-2009, 10:22 AM	#7
MasdMnPa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	Why use paper and not plastic like we do. Plastic is water resistant, harder to tear and has a longer life span and probably harder to contaminate. So why do the US have paper money? Is it easier to produce/make or something? cheaper to make? I think part of it is probably that the paper we print money on is special paper, that's part of the anti-counterfitting stuff we do I bet. The other part is probably just reluctance to change. It's always been paper.
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