Off with her 'ead!
Watch as the Queen’s head is ERASED from the new £10 note in minutes with only a rubber
THE Queen's head can be erased completely from the new plastic £10 note with a rubber in just 15 minutes.
The Bank of England claims that the new polymer £10 notes are more durable and cleaner than the old paper ones.
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We put both notes head-to-head against a rubber to see which one would come out on top.
On the new, supposedly stronger note, the Sun Online found it was easy to make Her Maj's eyes, mouth and nose disappear entirely just by using an everyday eraser.
When we did the same test on the older tenner, after 15 minutes of rubbing, the Queen's face was only partly removed.
But it's not all doom and gloom. As well as the eraser, Sun Online carried out another couple of tests on the new note and found it puts its older sibling to shame.
Dunking it in a glass of water, the new tenner didn't absorb any liquid and was dry within seconds, but the older note was soaked right through.
In fact, the liquid dripped off the new plastic tenner.
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It was a similar story when we tested the notes in the nation's favourite - the Tikka Masala.
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Again, it didn't absorb any of the curry and was easy to wipe-down after but the older version was left, grimly, stained with curry sauce on the back and front.
The new tenner - featuring author Jane Austen - launched to much fanfare this morning, with collectors and buyers queuing overnight to be the first to get their hands on the bills.
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Some notes have already cropped up on eBay with sellers trying to make a tidy profit.
One note is listed for a whopping £1,000 as collectors hunt out the AA01 serial numbers.
The new banknotes are expected to last at least two-and-a-half times longer than the current paper £10 notes, around five years in total, and stay in better condition during day-to-day use. The Bank has printed just over one billion £10 notes for issue.
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The old paper £10 note is expected to be withdrawn from circulation in Spring next year. The exact date will be announced at least three months in advance.
The polymer notes sparked controversy when the new £5 was launched in September last year after the Bank confirmed small traces of tallow, or animal fat, was used to produce polymer pellets, which were part of the production process for creating the notes.
When contacted, the bank declined to comment.
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