Canada's new 25 cent coin features a dinosaur, glows in the dark and more (opens in new tab)

Several years back I was backpacking around Asia and that's where I saw this "plastic" money. I thought they were fantastic, the paper stuff around was falling apart yet here was something that I could keep in my board shorts, going swimming with, not worry about someone stealing it from my wallet that I had to leave at the beach, and I could then use it straight away without to individually dry them out again! Or putting it through the washing machine :)

I didn't realise Canada had them too! Kinda surprised more countries are not using them, the security features (like the see through window) must be a lot harder to replicate, as well as looking pretty cool!

So to tie back to a recent HN Story... The Polymer money was developed by the notorious Patent Troll CSIRO ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote )

* That being said -- while I think the technology is good -- it feels like the selling process is pretty average: http://www.smh.com.au/business/police-refer-securency-eviden... )