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  "id": 14568865,
  "title": "Which country was the first to fully replace paper banknotes with polymer notes?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/which-country-was-the-first-to-fully-replace-paper-banknotes-with",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-14T23:50:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress Business",
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    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/quiz/which-country-was-the-first-to-fully-replace-paper-banknotes-with-polymer-notes-5131392.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It became the first country to completely switch from paper to polymer banknotes in 1996, following eight years of development.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}