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  • čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
  • The story (and science) behind our money. And a cool musical trick. SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! ow.ly/rt5IE
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    BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
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    Director: Andrew Garrick
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    And thanks to Wendy Gray, Joel Werner, Cris Kennedy, Mitch Serena and Huw Morgan for their help.
    And hey, thank YOU for watching and learning! This was fun. We should do it again sometime.
    REFERENCES
    Solomon, D., & Spurling, T. (2014). The Plastic Banknote: From Concept to Reality. CSIRO PUBLISHING. books.google.c...
    Prime, E. L., & Solomon, D. H. (2010). Australia’s plastic banknotes: fighting counterfeit currency. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 49(22), 3726-3736. www.academia.ed...
    Hardwick, B., Jackson, W., Wilson, G., & Mau, A. W. (2001). Advanced materials for banknote applications. Advanced Materials, 13(12‐13), 980-984. onlinelibrary.w...
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Komentáře • 2,9K

  • @blandragny9152
    @blandragny9152 Před 7 lety +152

    Sucks how the CSIRO doesn't get enough funding nowadays.

    • @spoods4628
      @spoods4628 Před 7 lety +9

      Ah, just pin it on the Muslims. That seems to be the cool thing to do.

    • @mayrodneir7496
      @mayrodneir7496 Před 7 lety +2

      wtf?

    • @HONORGUARD308
      @HONORGUARD308 Před 7 lety +13

      I think that was from Abbott's doing. He did not believe science was a thing, he thought god makes things work.

    • @phallium
      @phallium Před 7 lety

      thanks for that helpful comment, I hope it helped you feel like a big man

    • @damianbrown6153
      @damianbrown6153 Před 7 lety

      Really!HAHA all they have done is screw nature to the best of their ability!

  • @Agganaga
    @Agganaga Před 4 lety +98

    Just imagine if the Australian dollar ended up being called boomer

    • @banknotepedia1973
      @banknotepedia1973 Před 4 lety

      Hi how to you meet you~~~

    • @banknotepedia1973
      @banknotepedia1973 Před 4 lety

      Hi! How do you do? glad to meet to you~

    • @loreleihillard5078
      @loreleihillard5078 Před 3 lety +5

      okay dollar

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 Před 2 lety

      Prime Minister Menzies a real fan of the Monarchy wanted it called the Royal & a coin called the Crown. I was very young at the time.but all hell broke loose & we goT the dollar & cent.

  • @american7237
    @american7237 Před 5 lety +7

    Australians: hey US our banknotes can play records.
    US: You still use cash?

  • @lucedoke975
    @lucedoke975 Před 6 lety +566

    I'm australian, but I would rather a £5 note because it is worth around 8.5 AUD

    • @Im-mv6bf
      @Im-mv6bf Před 6 lety +1

      Lol yep

    • @ltra42
      @ltra42 Před 6 lety +26

      I'm Australian but I would rather have a $100 note because it over 10 times a £5. But it's just me.

    • @jameskenyon1293
      @jameskenyon1293 Před 6 lety +20

      Abu you are very dumb. Like a rock or a cow.

    • @Monister
      @Monister Před 6 lety +1

      Abu Taher that's pretty racist, also a higher currency value doesn't mean mc=uch

    • @donnydanger273
      @donnydanger273 Před 6 lety

      Lucedoke give me your address and I'll send you a $ 5 USD.

  • @braincraft
    @braincraft  Před 7 lety +650

    I just wanted to emphasise that the polymer banknotes ACTUALLY PLAY THE MUSIC ALL BY THEMSELVES. No amplifiers, no speakers, just beautiful physics. This was a really fun episode to make - thank you for watching! 💸

    • @hanhong2267
      @hanhong2267 Před 7 lety +3

      I am curious-- where did you get that microscope lens?

    • @chandick9101
      @chandick9101 Před 7 lety +1

      Nice man

    • @braincraft
      @braincraft  Před 7 lety +6

      Hey! I got it on Amazon - amzn.to/2eX9Scr it was $11 👯

    • @epistax4
      @epistax4 Před 7 lety +3

      Thanks for this! I'll bring a European note to my parent's place this Thanksgiving. It should make for a fun distraction!

    • @ozdergekko
      @ozdergekko Před 7 lety +1

      It's so great when you actually make something Aussie, Nessie

  • @kanjitard
    @kanjitard Před 7 lety +405

    The queen of England and the queen of Australia look quite similar. Are they sisters or something?

    • @matthewfennell7886
      @matthewfennell7886 Před 7 lety +37

      kanjitard ...Nice one

    • @SupaEMT134
      @SupaEMT134 Před 7 lety +11

      Wait. Are they?

    • @ethanwillick6157
      @ethanwillick6157 Před 7 lety +18

      SupaEMT134 they're the same person

    • @lukagiles
      @lukagiles Před 7 lety +92

      kanjitard they have the same hairdresser

    • @inkyscrolls5193
      @inkyscrolls5193 Před 7 lety +19

      Of course they look similar! The Queen of the *United Kingdom* (not just England!) is also Queen of Australia. And Queen of Canada. And New Zealand. And many other places. So no, they're not sisters. They're the *same person*.

  • @aramzie3714
    @aramzie3714 Před 6 lety +200

    But does it have a Headphone Jack?

    • @kianlaxton5773
      @kianlaxton5773 Před 6 lety +3

      lol does the iphone x have one or any recent i phone ?? on par

    • @davidedwards3361
      @davidedwards3361 Před 6 lety +3

      The mint is working on it, and bluetooth for that record playing bit.

    • @amoswalker7187
      @amoswalker7187 Před 6 lety

      David Edwards... Inspiring words ya got there

    • @brianna7829
      @brianna7829 Před 6 lety

      Yeah as an Australian it would really help to have a headphone plug on my money, but, the world just doesn't work like that. :p

    • @dylanelder9690
      @dylanelder9690 Před 6 lety

      AramZie haha

  • @jorgensenmj
    @jorgensenmj Před 6 lety +43

    I have found that "the best banknote in the world" is the one in my hand. If you want your banknote to also "be the best" you can send it to me and I will also put it in my hand.

  • @monsieur8433
    @monsieur8433 Před 7 lety +772

    Can we get a petition for that
    Rename our currency to dollarydoos

    • @ehdollet9641
      @ehdollet9641 Před 7 lety +9

      Already done

    • @feldinho
      @feldinho Před 7 lety +16

      Vangaurd what about dollar MC dollarface?

    • @Denmcauliffe
      @Denmcauliffe Před 7 lety +5

      +Felds Liscia LOL!!!!!! We all know it's REAL name, don't we!?

    • @linguaphilly
      @linguaphilly Před 7 lety

      yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes

    • @Daneoid81
      @Daneoid81 Před 7 lety +10

      That's a bloody outrage it is!

  • @EvilParagon2
    @EvilParagon2 Před 7 lety +120

    The CSIRO is actually one of the leading providers of new technology in the world. With inventions like Wi-fi to the Black Box, it's not hard to see why.

    • @Badmuthaa
      @Badmuthaa Před 7 lety +65

      the free market doesn't have the resources, equipment or funding for innovations like these. CSIRO isn't necessarily stopping anyone from doing anything anyway. Your point is invalid

    • @nicosmind3
      @nicosmind3 Před 7 lety +1

      Moeyz69 You should have seen the coins made by the free market in the 17th and 18th centuries in comparison to government currencies. Before governments took them over the free market was always applying the best technology and making currencies which were impossible to replicate (at their time) by counterfitters. Then look at bitcoin. That the technology which went inti that is being used by banks and governments etc to make their transactions and businesses more secure

    • @JameZayer
      @JameZayer Před 7 lety +18

      nicosmind3 However the free market is also prone to monopoly, corruption and exploitation of an innovation by barring members of the population behind an unnecessary paywall (see the AIDS medication price gouge). In this specific case it also makes sense as it's the official currency of the same country supporting that research institute. Any technology would be best kept proprietary otherwise it would cancel out the whole point of creating counter-fraud elements in the first place.

    • @mrprototype438
      @mrprototype438 Před 7 lety +32

      @auskott
      If the CSIRO is such a waste of money, why have they been able to invent some of the most widely used technology today before the free market managed to?

    • @insertnamehere001
      @insertnamehere001 Před 7 lety +7

      In a free-market you can also sell slaves, TOW missile launchers and drugs, so of course when everything and everyone is for sale the market is bigger.

  • @lambchop9289
    @lambchop9289 Před 6 lety +30

    When those new $5 notes were implemented my friend got refused a ticket by a bus driver who didn't believe the note was real

    • @banknotepedia1973
      @banknotepedia1973 Před 4 lety

      Hi! How to you meet you~~~^^

    • @brontewcat
      @brontewcat Před 3 lety +1

      I ent to the Soviet Union in 1989 (yes it was still the USSR). In hotels and certain shops catering for tourists you could use foreign currency. I had one of the first polymer $10 notes, and they refused to accept it. Luckily I had paper Australian notes as well which they were happy to accept.

  • @DrachenBlasen
    @DrachenBlasen Před 6 lety +140

    Totally wrong the coolest banknote in the world is the 100.000.000.000.000.000.000 Dollar from Zimbabwe!

  • @godqueenbidoof
    @godqueenbidoof Před 7 lety +103

    I didn't know clip-on microscope lenses were a thing! I totally want one!

    • @tyorca5854
      @tyorca5854 Před 7 lety +2

      So do I!

    • @godqueenbidoof
      @godqueenbidoof Před 7 lety +3

      I have no idea what I'd use it for but it still sounds so cool!

    • @wolfyeb
      @wolfyeb Před 7 lety +2

      Hey Vanessa, where can we pick up an awesome lens like that?

    • @xmacleodx
      @xmacleodx Před 7 lety +1

      Tell US!.....Please :)

    • @acompletefool
      @acompletefool Před 7 lety

      amzn.to/2eX9Scr that's where she got hers.

  • @KishoreShenoy1994
    @KishoreShenoy1994 Před 7 lety +70

    Unfortunately, I have a constant tremor in my hands so this would be difficult.
    Also saying, cash forgers are the best students. They make the best *notes*

    • @braincraft
      @braincraft  Před 7 lety +58

      "they make the best notes" 👏👏👏

    • @acompletefool
      @acompletefool Před 7 lety +2

      What did the German bank robber say when asked their name?
      Ich heist Die Bank.

  • @omardude39
    @omardude39 Před 6 lety +11

    As a patriotic but open-minded Brit, I was very thankful to the scientific development of you Aussies for conceptualising the plastic banknote, and ever moreso for making it a reality, especially given how much time I have spent working around money, handling cash and coming across many forged banknotes (including one or two rare realistic ones).

    • @jimethota
      @jimethota Před 11 měsíci

      And wifi, the electric drill, black boxes, spray skin transfusions, pacemakers, google maps technically, penicillin application, cochlear implants, permaculture and ultrasounds just to name a few

  • @highdough2712
    @highdough2712 Před 7 lety +330

    It boggles my mind that the US still uses mono-coloured paper money.

    • @JustAChannel_13
      @JustAChannel_13 Před 7 lety +17

      The designs over the last few years have added shading of different color for the different denominations, we also have the tiny print for whatever denomination it is too.

    • @highdough2712
      @highdough2712 Před 7 lety +47

      TheGreatR3dBeard It's still in the dark ages when it comes to what other countries are doing, which is why US money is among the easiest to counterfeit, from what I gather.

    • @xperiazip7967
      @xperiazip7967 Před 6 lety

      The US uses computer chips

    • @finndavis6206
      @finndavis6206 Před 6 lety +12

      Yea wonder why sooooo many people try re printing American notes and almost none copy Australian

    • @almarcaUrban
      @almarcaUrban Před 6 lety +18

      "Greatest Country"

  • @ALC0LITE
    @ALC0LITE Před 7 lety +213

    Didn't say anything about the braille, which is the best part about the new note

  • @ozdergekko
    @ozdergekko Před 7 lety +26

    Just ordered the microscope. € 9,99
    looks really useful for checking the resin on weed

  • @ckom0007
    @ckom0007 Před 7 lety +73

    Oh yeah? Canadian polymer notes smell like maple syrup, back bacon and beer!

    • @TheGadgetPanda
      @TheGadgetPanda Před 7 lety +2

      Really, then you should "hoser" them down. To clean them. Geddit? Because hoser... oh forget it. It was funnier in my head.

    • @unc13v1s10n
      @unc13v1s10n Před 7 lety +6

      Funny you say that, there are actually people here (Canada) who claim the new bills do smell like maple syrup, I never could but there are some. Maybe a genetic thing like asparagus and pee.

    • @SlavaSesh
      @SlavaSesh Před 7 lety

      ew, ew, and ew.

    • @ckom0007
      @ckom0007 Před 7 lety +2

      One thing. The bills have be fresh, brand new to be exact. After they've spent a couple of minutes marinating inside Geordie's back pocket they tend to smell a little more like a methane refinery next to a manure factory.

    • @roblostandlate.6005
      @roblostandlate.6005 Před 7 lety +3

      ckom0007.
      That's a myth. One of the advantages of the polymer is that it's non porous, and can not be impregnated with, or absorb, any scents or odours!
      Google, scented bank note myth.

  • @000Responses
    @000Responses Před 6 lety +31

    In come the dollars, in come the cents,
    To replace the pounds and the shillings and the cents,
    Be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix,
    On the 14th February 1966!
    Clink go the cents, folks, clink, clink, clink,
    Changeover day is closer than you think,
    Learn the values of the coins and the way that they appear,
    And things will be much smoother once the decimal point is here!

    • @m0rthaus
      @m0rthaus Před 6 lety +9

      *To replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence.

    • @000Responses
      @000Responses Před 6 lety +3

      m0rthaus oh rip sorry

    • @Justwantahover
      @Justwantahover Před 6 lety

      "To replace the pounds and the shillings and the cents,"
      No!
      To replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence,

    • @Justwantahover
      @Justwantahover Před 6 lety

      000 Response
      justwantahover oh rip sorry

    • @duyongle2611
      @duyongle2611 Před 4 lety

      We've got laughs from the coast to coast
      To make you smile
      I feel right look at each of you
      To capture all that style
      You're the dinky-di true blue
      The funny things you do
      Australia, Australia, this is you
      Stories from the friends next store
      They never told
      You might be a star tonight
      So let that camera roll
      You're the dinky-Di true blue
      The funny things you do
      Australia, Australia, this is you

  • @ArchOfWinter
    @ArchOfWinter Před 7 lety +99

    My question is, what prompted the first person to discover the note's ability to play music to try it out in the first place?

    • @hanniffydinn6019
      @hanniffydinn6019 Před 7 lety

      ArchOfWinter it's obvious you can get birthday cards that play records etc....

    • @ArchOfWinter
      @ArchOfWinter Před 7 lety +1

      WHAAAAA?! Mind Blown!

    • @LeopoldoGhielmetti
      @LeopoldoGhielmetti Před 7 lety +17

      ArchOfWinter I was doing it in the 70s when I was 5yo. Just cutting a piece of paper with an acute angle and use it as a needle to ear the sound. As usual, the adults reaction was: what's you are doing? if you want to ear music simply use the needle. :-)
      In fact you can use everything you want, it must have a pointy part to put on the record and some flat site that vibrate to amplify the sound, for example, a needle put into a match box. You put the needle on the record and the box is the amplifier (but attention, while the paper does nothing to the record, a metallic needle can damage it).

    • @MrKuemmelbrot
      @MrKuemmelbrot Před 7 lety +3

      probably it's pointy corners combined with it'S "wobblyness"

    • @rich1051414
      @rich1051414 Před 7 lety +6

      Probably someone realized how sharp and pointy the end was, and trying it was a natural experiment.

  • @RainAngel111
    @RainAngel111 Před 7 lety +23

    From Canada here. I had no idea these originated in Australia! There was much grumbling when we switched over but personally I love them. They stay nice much longer and look cool too. Thanks!

    • @birdbloke01
      @birdbloke01 Před 6 lety +2

      Thanks.......

    • @dennis12dec
      @dennis12dec Před 2 lety

      Read the book "The Plastic Banknote From Concept To Reality" by David Solomon and Tom Spurling. David Solomon is a polymer chemist who came up with a breakthrough to thwart counterfeiting of banknotes along with co author Tom Spurling an Australian Government scientist that made it a reality after 20 years of extensive research and development.

  • @MK-ex4pb
    @MK-ex4pb Před 7 lety +2

    British banknotes are the best I've seen. Such an elegant design

  • @tfr
    @tfr Před 6 lety +13

    Proud to be Aussie

  • @colinwilson4658
    @colinwilson4658 Před 7 lety +58

    if you shine a laser pointer through the transparent bit in a £5 note
    it projects our constellation onto a wall pretty cool huh

    • @pookachu4561
      @pookachu4561 Před 6 lety

      ok

    • @bingpigs
      @bingpigs Před 6 lety

      Wow lemme try it

    • @bigmofo1122
      @bigmofo1122 Před 6 lety +5

      Be sure to look straight at the note from the other side to see them in full HD and with the 3D effect.

    • @mrtensed
      @mrtensed Před 6 lety

      They removed this feature from the new notes, I think the Canadian's copied it though and it should still work.

  • @natfailsyoutube8163
    @natfailsyoutube8163 Před 7 lety +32

    You missed an opportunity to exclaim: "That's not a polymer bank note, *this* is a polymer bank note" when comparing them.

    • @LaGuerre19
      @LaGuerre19 Před 6 lety +1

      Ooh i see you've played polymer banknote before mate

  • @onevastanus
    @onevastanus Před 6 lety +7

    Freaked me out for a bit seeing the queen and you saying dollars. I honestly thought maybe I'd slipped into another dimension. Never realised it was just australia.

    • @adambrock3932
      @adambrock3932 Před 2 lety

      The Queen is only on the 5 dollar note and the back of the coins and that's it she's not on the 10 20 50 or 100 dollar notes

  • @scottrussell6873
    @scottrussell6873 Před 6 lety +3

    Neat! : I, a Yank who's never been to Australia, used to be able to recite 'The Man from Snowy River' and several other A.B. (Banjo) Patterson poems from memory

  • @Yamezzzz
    @Yamezzzz Před 7 lety +8

    During the first week of the release of the new £5 note my friends and I wanted them so bad and were so happy to get them in change at the shops. One of my friends actually went to the bank and requested them and let us swap our normal £5 notes for them when he was back. Such a bro.

  • @TURTLEX
    @TURTLEX Před 7 lety +541

    When I got handed a £5 note in a shop I thought they was handing me monopoly money

  • @pauligrossinoz
    @pauligrossinoz Před 6 lety +40

    The _original_ paper Aussie $10 note had a picture of Francis Greenway on it - and Francis Greenway was a *convicted forger* set to Australia from England during the colonial era.
    How many countries honor a convicted forger on their banknotes? 😂😂😂😂

  • @KustomiseT
    @KustomiseT Před 5 lety +3

    Call me when the currency notes can sing the national anthem as a party trick.

  • @CausallyExplained
    @CausallyExplained Před 7 lety +59

    you should see the new Indian notes, they look like a 5 year old designed them.

    • @crococrash
      @crococrash Před 7 lety +2

      Galactro so shit man. I feel sorry for us

    • @TalesOfWar
      @TalesOfWar Před 7 lety +1

      Maybe they did? lol
      Or worse. Design by committee!

    • @surathisuran
      @surathisuran Před 7 lety

      ha ha ha! ROFL! that's exactly what I felt.

    • @makodad
      @makodad Před 7 lety +2

      Thats what you get when the graphic designers are selected through reservations.

    • @smolgok384
      @smolgok384 Před 7 lety +2

      +Eric Cartman he's talking about Indians from India...not native Americans. Dont insult people's intelligence if youre not very smart yourself.

  • @stramster1
    @stramster1 Před 7 lety +5

    Great video. I hate to be picky, but the 1$ banknote example you show did not go into production until 1974. The original banknotes had "Commonwealth Of Australia" as their title.

  • @purefoldnz3070
    @purefoldnz3070 Před 6 lety +3

    Fun fact! in Australia it costs two record players to buy one $5 note. That's why dollar notes are named after musical notes.

  • @neilc6150
    @neilc6150 Před 7 lety +1

    Thank you for making me feel old. :) I was in the 5th grade when we changed from pounds to dollars. Just a couple of small points. All the paper Australian currency you showed was not the first type issued. The first had " Commonwealth of Australia" printed at the top not " Australia". That changed happened in 1972. Also the first polymer $10 to be issued had the prefix AA but it was recalled and destroyed because the hologram could be rubbed off between finger and thumb in about 30 seconds. The first series for general issue has the prefix AB. The AA $10 notes with hologram intact are quite valuable.

  • @Blaze22F
    @Blaze22F Před 7 lety +12

    5:30 You talking about your clip-on microscope? lmao

  • @michaelacheong
    @michaelacheong Před 7 lety +59

    Are we not gonna talk about the new braille indents for blind people

  • @TombstoneHeart
    @TombstoneHeart Před 6 lety +1

    When we switched from pounds stirling to a decimal currency in 1966, the original money value was simply doubled, in the case of printed bank notes. Thus ten shillings was one dollar, one pound was two dollars and so on. The original ten dollar note had a picture of Australian poet, Henry Lawson on one side as well as some text which was in Lawson's handwriting. Some sharp eyed person found that even though $10 was supposed to be worth five pounds, there in Henry's writing was the words "six quid"! I don't know if anyone ever tried to convert their $10 dollars into $12 at any stage, but it might have been worth trying as both types of currency were in use until the old money was slowly taken out of use.
    I'm sure Henry would have appreciated the irony of this, especially when you take into account the scheme he and another writer friend concocted because they were short of drinking money. Lawson's mate went to the editor of the Bulletin and told him that Lawson had died and they needed 50 quid to bury him. The editor came across with the cash and Henry and his mate had a huge time on the drink!

  • @inodesnet
    @inodesnet Před 3 lety

    The polymers are actually the same, because they have the same source. The polymer substrate has the trademark "Guardian" and was originally produced by Securency, (which involved a joint venture with the Reserve Bank of Australia). The company went through a few name changes, but the substrate was so guarded as to the manufacturing process that all the notes for countries choosing the guardian substrate were made in Australia. A factory was set up in Mexico to produce Mexican notes under license. Then Canada joined the fray, having the note polymer portions produced in Australia, then shipped to Canada for printing.
    When the UK wanted in to the whole venture, instead of opting to have Australia produce its notes (like everyone else), a British company called Innovia Films simply bought a 50% state in Securency, then later acquired the remaining share from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
    It is for this reason, the UK, Canadian, Mexican, Australian notes are more or less the same thing. Newer tech which was innovated in Australia, was first featured on Canadian notes, but they filtered through to the rest.

  • @henrypereira1745
    @henrypereira1745 Před 7 lety +6

    also they have brail like raised dots to assist the blind determine the currency.

    • @sarahsweetblood
      @sarahsweetblood Před 7 lety +1

      no they don't, blind people tell the difference in notes from what size they are.

    • @henrypereira1745
      @henrypereira1745 Před 7 lety +5

      The raised bump was specifically introduced into the $5 Australian Note for blind people.

    • @henrypereira1745
      @henrypereira1745 Před 7 lety +4

      It's a new feature in it.

    • @sarahsweetblood
      @sarahsweetblood Před 7 lety +1

      well I certainly haven't felt it on the new note, next time I get one at work I'll have a closer look lol

    • @PT111111
      @PT111111 Před 7 lety

      I work with a blind man at the office and he's just told me about that braille dots a few days ago.

  • @nickdiamond309
    @nickdiamond309 Před 7 lety +5

    Where can I get one of those smartphone "eye-loop's"? That's awesome! I checked out the micro print on an American dollar in school under a microscope. That security printing technique is old but incredible technology.

  • @MayankSharma01
    @MayankSharma01 Před 7 lety +7

    whenever I watch any Australian I just remember @Geography_Now's Australia episode
    we love their accent, we love their accent and we love their accent

  • @alynicholls3230
    @alynicholls3230 Před 6 lety

    its worth noting that the five pound note was not changed to polymer due to forgery, it was for practicality the old paper notes (fives) were always dog-eared, ripped and falling apart, unless it came from the bank you never saw a nice crisp note, and so they needed replacing more often than they should have, being harder to forge was just a bonus.

  • @WeGameEXP
    @WeGameEXP Před 7 lety +5

    In Brazil, about 5 years ago, we had a R$10 note that was also plastic. But it got taken away from circulation for some reason :/

    • @EndlessPlane
      @EndlessPlane Před 7 lety +3

      WeGameEXP maybe because to was to hard to counterfeit and too easy to trace.

    • @feldinho
      @feldinho Před 7 lety +3

      WeGameEXP because the paint faded easily and they got all warped and creased permanently in all the wrong places.

    • @SirHenryMaximo
      @SirHenryMaximo Před 7 lety +1

      They started it in the year 2000, in commemoration of the 500 years of Cabral's fleet arrival. Those were some good-looking notes, fascinating for a child like me at the time. But they did faded easily as hell...

    • @rikenm
      @rikenm Před 7 lety

      My country issued plastic money 14 years ago. Initially people were amused but later after color of the notes started fading away, everybody did not like the plastic money.

  • @lucidmoses
    @lucidmoses Před 7 lety +3

    of course the big question is, what power is the microscope you carry with you?

  • @bro031
    @bro031 Před 6 lety

    Also to see the other security features on our bank notes you can use as black light to make them appear as if it was magic.But be aware a true black light will bring them to light and a cheaper blue / black light or torch may only bring the up very dull or not all of them and you can get a proper black light globe from Bunnings for around $15 but most lighting stores should have them.

  • @eternalfizzer
    @eternalfizzer Před 6 lety +1

    Love love love your show. Just wondering where in the world you get a clip-on microscope? That's the coolest ever!

  • @massimookissed1023
    @massimookissed1023 Před 7 lety +19

    Shoulda called 'em Boomers, just to be different & more Aussie.

    • @lillianlindsay-lawless8868
      @lillianlindsay-lawless8868 Před 7 lety +1

      As an Australian, I'm glad that we didn't call them that. I'd feel like an idiot every time I said it.

    • @LachiBoii
      @LachiBoii Před 7 lety

      +L. Lawless remember, if Menzies got his way, it would have been called the Royal...

  • @PaultheZigzag
    @PaultheZigzag Před 7 lety +4

    Has anyone mentioned the braille dot on the note for blind people to tell the currency?

  • @CoroaEntertainment
    @CoroaEntertainment Před rokem

    The Canadian banknotes have a diffraction window inside one of the maple leafs. When you shine a laser pointer through the center of the leaf, it will project the banknote's denomination. Many Canadians are not aware of this cool security feature.

  • @Reaperofsouls99
    @Reaperofsouls99 Před 7 lety

    1:54 Fun Fact: That is the face of Henry Lawson, famous Australian Poet, and those buildings are from Gulgong, a tiny town in NSW Australia where my mum grew up and still lives near (look close enough and one of the buildings says "Gulgong Dispensary").

  • @Scerttle
    @Scerttle Před 7 lety +23

    Shame we didn't go with ming.

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Před 7 lety +25

      dollary-doo would have been better

    • @snazzysportstacker
      @snazzysportstacker Před 7 lety +1

      900 DOLLARYDOOS?!

    • @baileaf2783
      @baileaf2783 Před 7 lety +8

      Google search 'USD to dollaridoos'. It actually brings up the USD to AUD converter, which is kinda cool.

    • @lancerd4934
      @lancerd4934 Před 7 lety +10

      Ah, a truly merciless currency

    • @DanDeebster
      @DanDeebster Před 7 lety

      Baileaf Aw, using google.co.uk it does it to pounds. I'm guessing that if it doesn't know it defaults to the home currency and you were on google.com.au.

  • @bleepdupdupbloop6777
    @bleepdupdupbloop6777 Před 7 lety +8

    Dollarydoos. Your a bloody legend mate

  • @davidjatak9361
    @davidjatak9361 Před 5 lety +2

    “Optical variable device”
    Me: *ITS H💿L💿 CALL CHRISTINE*

  • @Russianbro777
    @Russianbro777 Před 6 lety

    Before American Banknote Company was out of business there was the Bradek and Tyvek notes. Australian 1988 $10 Is the first note mass issued I believe as ABC notes of plastic are extremely rare.

  • @Mr82757
    @Mr82757 Před 7 lety +103

    And US is stuck with rubbish paper note ;_;

    • @ryanwhiteman9184
      @ryanwhiteman9184 Před 7 lety +6

      Verniy _. No, they get to keep the good paper notes.

    • @SomeoneCommenting
      @SomeoneCommenting Před 7 lety +49

      I bet that the USA mint will say "boo hoo it would be sooo expensive to change from old paper dollars to the new polymer currency that the whole world is using" just like they can't change to the metric system even when the rest of the civilized world has done it a long ago. How come "everything is sooo expensive to do" for the USA but all other countries (which are supposed to be 'poorer') can do it? The USA simply doesn't want to "be like the others", that's all. The usual American arrogance.

    • @ryanwhiteman9184
      @ryanwhiteman9184 Před 7 lety +5

      SomeoneCommenting bullshit

    • @colinpovey2904
      @colinpovey2904 Před 7 lety +6

      US bank notes are more counterfeit proof than many realize. We invented microprinting on notes, for example. Adn they are not made of paper, they are made primarily of cotton.

    • @cougarhunter33
      @cougarhunter33 Před 7 lety +3

      The United States Mint does not make bank notes, so I doubt they'd say anything.

  • @Grizzly_Lab
    @Grizzly_Lab Před 7 lety +10

    In Italy, as in the whole Europe, we're stuck with those paper-cotton-mesh Euros, we probably should switch too ;)

    • @snowfloofcathug
      @snowfloofcathug Před 7 lety +1

      Grizzly (IBearAVlog) Not the whole Europe, we also got the Swedish (and possibly danish and norwegian, can't remember) Krona!

    • @Grizzly_Lab
      @Grizzly_Lab Před 7 lety +2

      In Europe I definitely mean "The Euro zone", indeed. Technically even UK is still (before formalizing brexit) in EU, but still has the Pound ;)

    • @snowfloofcathug
      @snowfloofcathug Před 7 lety +5

      Grizzly (IBearAVlog) Actually even after Brexit they'll still be in Europe won't they? Just not in the European Union? Sorry for nitpicking, you made good points and I wish I wasn't so annoying xD

    • @Grizzly_Lab
      @Grizzly_Lab Před 7 lety +1

      Still I want polymer banknotes :D ahahah

    • @snowfloofcathug
      @snowfloofcathug Před 7 lety +1

      Grizzly (IBearAVlog) So do I xD

  • @mickeydiver17
    @mickeydiver17 Před 7 lety

    You forgot to mention that Bob Menzies wanted to call Australia's "new" currency "The Royal" back in the day. Still cracks me up! :- )

  • @ashleytuchin7693
    @ashleytuchin7693 Před 7 lety +5

    I still get excited every time we get one of the new $5 notes. I didn't know that it could be used as a record needle, though. Thanks for enlightening me. :)

  • @mcrazza
    @mcrazza Před 7 lety +5

    Polymer banknotes is another great Australian invention.

    • @winnywin
      @winnywin Před 7 lety +2

      Australia - another not so great British invention.

  • @ZephaniahNoah
    @ZephaniahNoah Před 7 lety +3

    "The air vibrates giving us the sensation of sound." That's what sound is.

    • @greensteve9307
      @greensteve9307 Před 6 lety +2

      I disagree, sound is our brain's interpretation of those vibrations.

  • @GraeHall
    @GraeHall Před 7 lety

    Braincraft, one of the best reasons to hit the subscribe button. This channel never disappoints. Aussie, aussie, aussie.

  • @burntoutelectronics
    @burntoutelectronics Před 7 lety

    the problem is with the transparent section going from top to bottom as thats all of the ware will be. so it will eventually break in half.

  • @AnnikaVictoria24
    @AnnikaVictoria24 Před 7 lety +9

    This was so so cool Vanessa!

    • @AnnikaVictoria24
      @AnnikaVictoria24 Před 7 lety +3

      ALSO I NEED A POCKET MICROSCOPE OMG

    • @error.418
      @error.418 Před 7 lety

      amzn.to/2eX9Scr that's where she got hers.

  • @SeanRundell
    @SeanRundell Před 7 lety +3

    An Australian science channel in the same vein as SciShow?! SUBSCRIBED!!

  • @anonb4632
    @anonb4632 Před 6 lety

    It is a Bank of England note. They produce different notes in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

  • @Justwantahover
    @Justwantahover Před 6 lety

    4:45
    No! The bank note acts like a diaphragm, not a horn. On a phonograph, the diaphragm is inside the part that the horn is connected to. If you detach the horn from a phonograph, you still will hear music from the diaphragm (but thin and nazle like the bank note). And (actually) the bank note acts as a stylus and a diaphragm (all in one).

  • @karebu2
    @karebu2 Před 7 lety +4

    Why do u hold the note against the rotation instead along?

  • @amerinadian
    @amerinadian Před 7 lety +41

    But do your banknotes smell like Maple? I think Canada wins this battle.

    • @davidonfim2381
      @davidonfim2381 Před 7 lety +5

      Sadly, that's a myth.

    • @kopuz.co.uk.
      @kopuz.co.uk. Před 7 lety

      Yea so Maple has bad b/o.

    • @DJcMugaba
      @DJcMugaba Před 7 lety +4

      Happily it isn't. All my 5$ smell like maple syrup

    • @amerinadian
      @amerinadian Před 7 lety

      David Enrique the $5 bill in my wallet disagrees

    • @davidonfim2381
      @davidonfim2381 Před 7 lety +5

      DJcMugaba +amerinadian
      I'm currently living in Canada, and not a single one of my bills has any smell of maple syrup whatsoever. Lots of people have tested this idea and the empirical data shows that any smell you detect is either because of random chance (someone with dirty syrupy fingers handled it last) or because of the placebo effect. Canadian officials have also come out and confirmed that there is absolutely no maple syrup scent added to the bank notes. A simple google search will show this.
      So yes, it IS a myth. Some of the bills in your own wallet might smell like syrup to you, but that's either because someone with dirty fingers touched the bills before or because you EXPECT them to smell like that. It just goes to show how strong the power of suggestion is.

  • @KaloCheyna
    @KaloCheyna Před 6 lety

    And amusingly, a chunk of the plastic/polymer notes are made at an Australian factory, then shipped around the world.

  • @buzzjump9422
    @buzzjump9422 Před 6 lety

    The Canadian bills have this maple leaf with a white circle on them. Put a laser through it and focus in. (I don't know if the side you put the laser through matters)

  • @PhoenixWolfie
    @PhoenixWolfie Před 7 lety +15

    where oh where did you get that micro microscope? i want one

    • @lowercasesecondchannel
      @lowercasesecondchannel Před 7 lety +1

      +Custom Mod I think you can get them at Kmart in the kids science toy section. Also Online.

    • @avroken
      @avroken Před 7 lety

      Custom Mod is just a magnifying glass for phone camera

  • @secretaltruism4174
    @secretaltruism4174 Před 7 lety +4

    Can you also talk about the braille that is going to be put on notes in Australia soon? And is already on Canadian notes.

    • @CJT3X
      @CJT3X Před 7 lety

      Braille will be put on the bills soon. - there, good enough?

  • @ianmontgomery7534
    @ianmontgomery7534 Před 4 lety

    you didn't mention that they now have added braille type riased dots on the polymer notes in Australia.

  • @seanotinderson6165
    @seanotinderson6165 Před 6 lety

    I can read the fine print on those without a microscope. The fivers that come out in the late 90s early 00’s had the national anthem on them.
    Also, take any Aussie note and mate the ends up to its opposite, either parallel edges on either side. The patterns match up exactly.

  • @DrGerbils
    @DrGerbils Před 7 lety +85

    Unless the dollareedoo or the pound note smells like maple syrup, Canada has you both beat. :)

    • @spudhead169
      @spudhead169 Před 7 lety +8

      Well thanks a lot dude. Now I have a craving for pancakes. Marvellous.

    • @Orlliv
      @Orlliv Před 7 lety

      Since they are all made of the same material and in roughly the same way they will have the same smell, it's just a difference between newer notes having the smell and older notes don't.

    • @RainAngel111
      @RainAngel111 Před 7 lety +1

      the rumor is that the hundos have the smell (hundred dollar bills). Makes sense because they're also that colour.

    • @kwerk2011
      @kwerk2011 Před 7 lety +1

      Weird. New Zealand banknotes are made in Canada and when they're new, they smell like puke. I don't mean they smell generally bad, I mean they legitimately smell like puke.

    • @TheUltraPingu
      @TheUltraPingu Před 7 lety +9

      Ever hear the thing about all bank noted have like trace amounts of drugs on them. All Canadian notes have noticeable amounts of maple syrup on them.

  • @julianabrown8283
    @julianabrown8283 Před 7 lety +5

    Hey lady, you're holding it wrong. Just look at how the needle drags across a record. They mount it that way for a reason. It shouldn't plow backwards into oncoming grooves unless you want to hear it backwards and hurt the record. :-P
    Holding it in an orientation that actually resembles that of a record needle orientation, will yield better results. :-P
    Really cool thing tho, this.

    • @inteusproductions
      @inteusproductions Před 7 lety

      Thats exactly what I was thinking.. she was basically stabbing the record :(

    • @slurmitshighlyaddictive5641
      @slurmitshighlyaddictive5641 Před 7 lety +2

      nobody cares julie

    • @marcusdamberger
      @marcusdamberger Před 7 lety

      Slurm its highly addictive is probably right, nobody much cares.. Whoever setup the camera angle and record player probably did it for best presentation not proper engineering as it were.. However going opposite into the grooves will still produce "forward" sound as it were, since the record is still going in the same direction. Counter or anti clockwise etc. your right, the quality would be better if she had been positioned to drag it across the grooves.

  • @mats34
    @mats34 Před 7 lety

    The new Norwegian notes that'll start rolling out next year look like monopoly money

  • @darkhawk1979
    @darkhawk1979 Před 6 lety

    Don't forget the little Braille-type dots, the fivers have 1 dot and the tenners have 2 dots.

  • @rurutuM
    @rurutuM Před 7 lety +25

    Can I has 900 dollarydoos?

    • @jonathanschossig1276
      @jonathanschossig1276 Před 7 lety

      No

    • @miindymiindy
      @miindymiindy Před 7 lety

      Maybe

    • @rurutuM
      @rurutuM Před 7 lety +1

      GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! The professor says I can has 900 dollarydoos for my doomsday device.

    • @raptorjesus3894
      @raptorjesus3894 Před 7 lety

      Probably maybe yes.

    • @vearheart42
      @vearheart42 Před 7 lety

      rurutu M the only thing you can buy with dollarydoos is Donald trump which if all these protesters have taught me anything is the same thing as a doomsday device.

  • @RobbieSherman
    @RobbieSherman Před 7 lety +3

    Ming? ha, that would have been genius.

  • @Peter-T-0x47
    @Peter-T-0x47 Před 6 lety

    Australia has the patent on the polymer note. Many currencies are printed in Melbourne and exported all over the world.

  • @karstenmeyer1729
    @karstenmeyer1729 Před 6 lety

    How about a comparison with the canadian note? If you use a laserpointer on a special point of the canadian note, you will get on a wall behind the note a pattern showing the amount of the note and dollar signs. Does have the pound such a proprty?

  • @dm_nimbus
    @dm_nimbus Před 7 lety +3

    Operator? Yes, I would like to request all of the science.

  • @JacobIrvine
    @JacobIrvine Před 7 lety +3

    That's it, starting a petition to change the AUS Dollar to "Dollarydoo"... Who's in?

    • @Roxor128
      @Roxor128 Před 7 lety

      Please, no. That is a horrible name.

    • @Teza1984
      @Teza1984 Před 7 lety

      There was already one on change.org a while ago, pretty sure it received over a million signatures, but to no avail

  • @leecartwright7415
    @leecartwright7415 Před 7 lety

    Northern bank in Ireland used polymer notes in the early 2000'. Until after a bank robbery where a lot were stolen. Thus they stopped production and use of the notes.

  • @crazyt1483
    @crazyt1483 Před 6 lety

    in theory this note is great but i have had some problems with automatic machines and the new notes in the uk. some have been bent badly enough that the machine refuses to accept it as what it is.

  • @nickmerritt3793
    @nickmerritt3793 Před 7 lety +3

    love what you doing. keep up the good work

  • @Gigaheart
    @Gigaheart Před 7 lety +16

    Get it together, America.

    • @kruleworld
      @kruleworld Před 7 lety

      The us greenback has just as many anti-forgery tricks as these notes. It's just because they insist on having them green, they look at first glance the same as the old notes.

    • @myram2641
      @myram2641 Před 7 lety +2

      @Aussie at least ours can survive a little bit of rain :P

    • @animesis
      @animesis Před 7 lety +5

      I have a one dollar bill and as far as I can tell the only antiforgery tricks are in the printing. Theres no hologram, no metal strip impregnated in the paper etc

    • @dannybeeson5084
      @dannybeeson5084 Před 7 lety

      Probably because no one bothers to forge $1 bills. It'd cost more than the bill is worth. Take a look at $10 or larger note.

    • @DontHatemusiK
      @DontHatemusiK Před 7 lety

      Danny Beeson no but people do bleach them and forge 20/50/100's on the paper

  • @adrianross8383
    @adrianross8383 Před 6 lety

    The best thing about "dollerydoos" is that you can put them in the velcro pocket on your board shorts when you go for a surf and they're good to go at lunch time. You could say they were made for Australian conditions.

  • @naliwarcow8635
    @naliwarcow8635 Před 7 lety

    fun fact: The new Australian $5 note doesn't work in vending machines or most business counting and storing machines (those draws under the counter of the local servo) Some companies like BP (british petroleum) flat out refuse to accept them as legal tender. The more you know.

  • @AJKam1kaz3
    @AJKam1kaz3 Před 5 lety +3

    KhAnubis sent me here!

  • @Sam-gy3ok
    @Sam-gy3ok Před 7 lety +12

    A little known trick you can do with the $50 Australian note, is that if you burn a whole stack of them in bags of paper and flower you get this cool pink flame for a few secs

    • @nickmagee-brown739
      @nickmagee-brown739 Před 6 lety +10

      Sam great! when I have a spare $3000 to habd then i'll give your experiment a try.

    • @mrtensed
      @mrtensed Před 6 lety +3

      Better yet give me the money and I'll make you something that creates a cool pink flame for a few secs.

    • @toadlinggt9451
      @toadlinggt9451 Před 6 lety

      Nick Magee - Brown k

    • @Muffinmurdurer
      @Muffinmurdurer Před 6 lety

      H-how would you know this?

    • @chrisdwyer7696
      @chrisdwyer7696 Před 6 lety

      Why would you do this? ☹

  • @DeepakRavindranTheTechno

    New to your channel. I'm so glad to see this video and know that you're an Australian too!

  • @SHIFTIBOI
    @SHIFTIBOI Před 6 lety

    For ages you couldn't use them in self service machines as the scanner in the machine would get to the clear strip, think that was the end of the note and spit it out with an error. This was despite the fact that all of these companies were given 12mths prior to release to recalibrate their machines. The new notes now work...mostly

  • @isabellabornberg2153
    @isabellabornberg2153 Před 7 lety +13

    do you destroy the record by doing this?

    • @szoszk
      @szoszk Před 7 lety +32

      you do, but the needle does too

    • @crunchedkeyboard
      @crunchedkeyboard Před 7 lety +2

      szoszk unless you use LASERS
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_turntable

    • @szoszk
      @szoszk Před 7 lety

      crunchedkeyboard
      Yeah, but that's kinda pointless. A CD is smaller and works the same way with a laser. People like LP records because of their specific sound, which I imagine isn't produced with a laser turntable.

    • @SlavaSesh
      @SlavaSesh Před 7 lety +2

      People like LP records for the same reason some vapers chase clouds. Pretentious hipster bullshit.

  • @henryblain3959
    @henryblain3959 Před 7 lety +8

    Upvotes for the simpsons references

  • @darwn977
    @darwn977 Před 7 lety

    A Wu Tang reference on BrainCraft = Mind Blown.

  • @omardude39
    @omardude39 Před 6 lety

    Interestingly, in September 2017 the Bank of England released a polymer £10 into general circulation. It is very commonplace now and runs alongside the old paper £10 - which has been the same for the last 17 years.
    In exactly 1 week (on March 1st 2018), the paper note will cease to be legal tender for spending purposes. It's being withdrawn, and if it is withdrawn like the old £5 note, it will happen very fast. In 2020 the Bank of England are planning to tackle the most forged note in UK circulation - the £20 note.