Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - BBCNEWS - 20210623:19:52:00
£50 banknotes, but also they're often used as a store of value. and i'm sure that's what many of these notes will be used for. it's quite heavy, and i'm holding a quarter of a million pounds in the bank of england's highest value notes. but while you might not get one of these in your pocket compared with a fiver, a ten or a 20, the whole collection has got something in common, because for the first time, they're all made of plastic, not paper. plastic, or polymer notes, last longer. so will we need so many of them? people ask that all the time. i think making polymer is more challenging, and...