Editing Polymer banknote (section)

== History ==
In the 1980s, Canadian engineering company AGRA Vadeko and US chemical company US [[Mobil|Mobil Chemical Company]] developed a polymer substrate trademarked as DuraNote. It had been tested by the [[Bank of Canada]] in the 1980s and 1990s; test [[Canadian dollar|C$]] [[Canadian twenty-dollar note|20]] and [[Canadian dollar|C$]] [[Canadian fifty-dollar note|50]] banknotes were auctioned in October 2012.<ref name="orzano">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.coinworld.com/numismatic/paper-money/bep-confirms-1998-duranote-polymer-testing.html|title=BEP confirms 1998 DuraNote polymer testing|last=Orzano|first=Michele|magazine=[[Coin World]]|date=2 October 2012|access-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309222119/http://www.coinworld.com/numismatic/paper-money/bep-confirms-1998-duranote-polymer-testing.html|archive-date=9 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Bank Note Reporter]]|url=https://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/blogs/coins-banknotes/duranote-polymer-film-banknotes-to-be-revealed-at-uk-auction|title=DuraNote polymer film banknotes to be revealed at UK auction|publisher=Paul Fraser Collectibles|date=2012-08-12|access-date=2020-03-18|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107071613/https://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/blogs/coins-banknotes/duranote-polymer-film-banknotes-to-be-revealed-at-uk-auction|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also tested by the [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]] of the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] in 1997 and 1998, when 40,000 test banknotes were printed and evaluated; and was evaluated by the [[central bank]]s of 28 countries.<ref name="orzano" />