WATCH: The 1000-Piso Polymer Banknote Features This new banknote strengthens the BSP’s efforts to respond to pressing public health and safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, promote environmental sustainability, and deter counterfeiting. Polymer bills can be sanitized with less risk of damage, making them a more hygienic alternative to paper banknotes. According to studies conducted by other countries, polymer banknotes have a smaller carbon footprint as their production requires less wa

Science you can bank on. 💵 Ever had a forgotten banknote survive a load of laundry? You can thank us for that. 💅 We started developing polymer banknotes in the 1960s to address counterfeiting crime. Almost 60 years later, they're used as currency around the world. Test your wealth of knowledge about money in our polymer banknotes quiz over at the Double Helix blog: https://blog.doublehelix.csiro.au/polymer-banknotes-a-quick-quiz/ | CSIRO