Paper or Polymer

The “age-old” question — since 1988, when Australia introduce biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) for circulation.

Despite a generally longer shelf-life, they don’t respond as well to many environmental conditions. That is why to date, most countries that have chosen to do a deployment, generally confine it to one or two of the lowest denomination notes (given their wide usage, and corresponding propensity for sustained damage).