If there was ever a time Canadians should be grateful that their cash is made out of plastic, this would be it.
Videos and photos of polymer bills getting a good scrub-down have popped up during the COVID-19 pandemic as a playful rift on money laundering.
Businesses not yet shuttered by the coronavirus have increasingly shifted to cashless payments, either by contact-less payments or e-transfers. But for retailers without that infrastructure, plastic bills and metals coins are the only option.
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For more on the lengths Canadians will go to stop the spread, give the video above a watch.