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New 50 and 100 Baht Notes to Debut in Polymer Form

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12 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

smaller bills in my pocket, arranged so that I can remove a 20-Baht note, 50 or 100 Baht note without having to take out the roll and look.  

 


How do you keep them separate and know what you are grabbing?

 

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AFAIK, Australia is the only country where they are produced. They are a curse, for all the reasons detailed above.

 

In any event, the wife is reporting me to AMLO: I put my pants through the wash...

As long as they continued to be backed up by vaults full of tamirinds, that's okay with me. 

10 hours ago, still kicking said:

Have had them for years in OZ 

The Aussies always get that one in. About the only thing they ever did for the world aside from the brilliant ‘kookaburra sits in the gum tree’. Lol

 

Problem with these polymer notes is they are proper slippy, drop out of pockets and wedge together too readily. I was hoping they would tweak the 100 baht colour. ‘Big’ notes are too similar, esp the 100 and 500. Billions of baht must have been accidentally handed over in Pattaya bars over the years with their red lights. 😋

5 hours ago, BKKKevin said:

What are these bank notes you speak of?…

Something you stuff in yer arse pocket, and leave your phone at home

1 hour ago, Trippy said:

That's for amateurs, a real coke head never leaves home without a gold or silver coke straw.

 

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Yeah, try explaining that one to local law enforcement. “Yeah, it’s a posh straw for my midget” 😂

8 hours ago, Dante99 said:

No it is bottom left on both sides.

Is that next to the Printed in China line?😀

2 hours ago, Caldera said:

 

Hardly an earth-shattering change, looking at the 20 baht notes that have already been switched to polymer material.

Exactly, I remember the previous polymer 50 baht, they got rid of it years ago.

The old ones are selling on ebay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126699418142

I'm surprised that people are complaining they can't be folded. To me that's a good thing. I usually go to the bank to get nice crisp notes because I'm fed up with the dirty folded ones. The newer 20 baht notes are a bit better, but the ones i have at the moment still have  a big fold line down the middle making them age faster. 

8 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

the denomination idiotically printed on the bottom-right

Why/how is this “idiotic”? Is it the printing or the position that troubles you?

Where\how would you print this? 

9 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Another batch of notes with the denomination idiotically printed on the bottom-right, just because they can. :coffee1:

 

I don't see why it matters but....

It's printed on the bottom left in Thai numerals.

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

The Aussies always get that one in. About the only thing they ever did for the world aside from the brilliant ‘kookaburra sits in the gum tree’. Lol

 

Problem with these polymer notes is they are proper slippy, drop out of pockets and wedge together too readily. I was hoping they would tweak the 100 baht colour. ‘Big’ notes are too similar, esp the 100 and 500. Billions of baht must have been accidentally handed over in Pattaya bars over the years with their red lights. 😋

Oz invented WiFi as well.

5 hours ago, Trippy said:

Those 20's suck because they don't fold. Now the 50's and hundreds too.

Going to be walking around with a bulge in my pants. 🤩

Oh, thanks for the tip!  lol. 

9 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Another batch of notes with the denomination idiotically printed on the bottom-right, just because they can. :coffee1:

Actually they're perfect.

Put the notes in your wallet the wrong way up, so to speak. 

The denominations will then appear in the top right hand corner. You don't need to pull the notes out of your wallet to see their value and furthermore as you look down the print is the right way up for you to read. 

 Damn clever these Thais. 

8 hours ago, roo860 said:

So they'll be worth less?😁

Worth less or worthless?

4 hours ago, Caldera said:

 

Hardly an earth-shattering change, looking at the 20 baht notes that have already been switched to polymer material.

Right and now there will be more of the slippery things in your wallet or pocket - hard to handle - don't fold properly

12 hours ago, still kicking said:

Have had them for years in OZ 

Had them for years here, too.

10 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

More of that slippery unruly stuff. The 20 Baht notes will not fold, they slip out easily.

They do fold.

9 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Another batch of notes with the denomination idiotically printed on the bottom-right, just because they can. :coffee1:

Why is the positioning of the "English" denomination "idiotic"?

9 hours ago, Dante99 said:
9 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Another batch of notes with the denomination idiotically printed on the bottom-right, just because they can. :coffee1:

No it is bottom left on both sides.

...and in the middle.

8 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

For those of us who carry small-denomination bills in our pockets, these plastic bills are a nightmare. Not a problem when carried separately in a wallet, but when carried in the front pocket, along with keys and change, one has to be careful when removing anything from that pocket, as the bills tend to slide out alongside!

It's been my habit to carry 1,000 Baht notes in my wallet, but smaller bills in my pocket, arranged so that I can remove a 20-Baht note, 50 or 100 Baht note without having to take out the roll and look.  I do this for security reasons.  If I need a 20? Reach in and remove one. Need a 100? Reach in and remove one

The plastic money is just too slippery for this style of money-handling. Everything comes sliding out.

Jesus Christ...

12 minutes ago, Homburg said:

Worth less or worthless?

Worth less, same as I wrote it.🙂

6 hours ago, connda said:

Everyone will think they are counterfeit.  :biggrin:

As Thailand has been using polymer notes for years, no one will think that they are counterfeit.

6 hours ago, Trippy said:

Those 20's suck because they don't fold.

They fold.

1 hour ago, sandyf said:

I remember the previous polymer 50 baht, they got rid of it years ago.

No, they did not get rid of the polymer B50!

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11 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

nobody is forcing you to use cash.

better that we will still have "polymer cash than being forced to go all digital and totally monitored all the time

9 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

For those of us who carry small-denomination bills in our pockets, these plastic bills are a nightmare. Not a problem when carried separately in a wallet, but when carried in the front pocket, along with keys and change, one has to be careful when removing anything from that pocket, as the bills tend to slide out alongside!

It's been my habit to carry 1,000 Baht notes in my wallet, but smaller bills in my pocket, arranged so that I can remove a 20-Baht note, 50 or 100 Baht note without having to take out the roll and look.  I do this for security reasons.  If I need a 20? Reach in and remove one. Need a 100? Reach in and remove one

The plastic money is just too slippery for this style of money-handling. Everything comes sliding out.


Ok, best let them know, they can probably still cancel the project. They don't work for Mr Pocketman!

8 hours ago, FlorC said:

So if covid comes back , we can clean them with IPA ?

 

 

Inject them with bleach.

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