Angering vegetarians, the U.K.’s new £5 note is an example of polymer currency that is made with a trace of meat in one of the materials that compose it.
In the U.S. the Federal Reserve tried to introduce metal dollar coins into the money supply but currency demand indicates that people prefer paper.
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