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[sangreal]

Why can't American money be this cool?

Republicans.

 

[krae_man]

aboot 80

I was gonna say Where the hell are you getting milk so cheap as to get 80 bags for $100, but then I realised you were probably talking 80 litres which is aboot right.

 

[Earthstrike]

Why did they start with the 100$ bill? It would make more sense to start with the most used bill, like a 5 or a 10 bill, and go up instead of the other way.

We also have a plastic bill (just one, the 20) and since I mostly only carry 20s and 50s, it's really nice knowing what is what by feel. I don't see the point of using plastic for bills that are so rarely used - they will last forever anyways.

Not necessarily. If someone is capable of counterfeiting bills, they would likely do the highest denomination first no? So why wouldn't we minimize the impact of counterfeiting by releasing a new 100 first?

 

[Guardian Bob]

Not necessarily. If someone is capable of counterfeiting bills, they would likely do the highest denomination first no? So why wouldn't we minimize the impact of counterfeiting by releasing a new 100 first?

It's also the one they have to print the least of first. I'm sure they want to test out the water first.

 

[zero_suit]

Those are some nice looking bills.

 

[dallow_bg]

Seems like the same kind of bills Costa Rica recently put into circulation.

Pretty but they feel so weird.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Counterfeiters will find a way to get by the new security features. The problem is that counterfeiters like to like to conterfeit some of the pre-1995 bills, because there aren't really any security features.

EDIT-I'm talking about the U.S., of course.

 

[Azuran]

Oh great. Does that mean I don't have to worry anymore when I forget to check the pockets on laundry day?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Beautiful bills, proud to be canadian.

 

[Smash88]

How environmentally friendly is this, since they are using plastic?

 

[CiSTM]

Uglee! But I would like to know how it feels, canada GAF send me one or two bills for further examination.

 

[Sober]

How environmentally friendly is this, since they are using plastic?

Well polymer wouldn't really biodegrade but it's not like the current paper notes (which are paper and cotton blend IIRC) but to be fair, you drop a bill, someone is going to pick it up to use.

 

[explodet]

The real question is, how easy is it to deface the new material with a marker?

(obligatory Leonard Nimoy $5 example)

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

^ I was thinking about that.

Anyways, the new bills look great!

 

[Doytch]

lol @ putting scientific achievements on our money with harper as our PM

 

[Treefingers]

Ugly as hell imo.. disappointed in the design.

 

[Rehynn]

Canada is pretty awesome.

 

[ultron87]

I am jealous of your cool money.

US money sucks. We can't even get a damn dollar coin. EDIT (for clarification): We can't get a dollar coin that is used commonly.

 

[operon]

We have a bank here in Northern Ireland which prints plastic five pound notes.

 

[markot]

Canada? More like Copynada! Plastic money is the future, and Australia IS the future!

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

This looks like a good idea. I would like to see a greenback version in the US.

 

[whitehawk]

How environmentally friendly is this, since they are using plastic?

Probably more so since they will last longer. You don't often see a bill older than 10-15 years. Yet we still have coins in circulation from 50+ years ago. Plastic bills will hopefully last a lot longer than 15 years, so we will have to print less.

 

[pseudocaesar]

Heres a cool little video that describes it. Plastic money is superior, as far as I know noone has ever been able to forge Australian money.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTggA4jVPj0

 

[Stumpokapow]

Uglee! But I would like to know how it feels, canada GAF send me one or two bills for further examination.

I can ship you a bill this week for about $125 ($100 + exchange + shipping + insurance) USD. Oh, for free? LOL.

 

[Cereal KiIIer]

Why can't American money be this cool?

The best redesign idea I have seen yet:

 

[snack]

Swag.

 

[KHarvey16]

I am jealous of your cool money.

US money sucks. We can't even get a damn dollar coin.

Yeah we can. The mint will even ship them to you in bulk if you like.

Also, I don't ever want money that's different sizes. My eyes work.

 

[Kinitari]

The best redesign idea I have seen yet:

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Why did they put the black guy on the 1 dollar bill?

 

[krae_man]

I am jealous of your cool money.

US money sucks. We can't even get a damn dollar coin.

I got some as change from a subway ticket machine once, I thought they were parking tokens :lol

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Just get your fake quarters out of my pinball machine money!

 

[ultron87]

Yeah we can. The mint will even ship them to you in bulk if you like.

Well we can, but they aren't generally accepted among the populace and you aren't going to ever get them as change from a transaction (unless it's some machine thing). So it'll always just be me walking around with a slowly depleting supply of dollar coins getting weird looks everywhere I spend them.

Also, I don't ever want money that's different sizes. My eyes work.

But could pull cash out of your wallet without even looking and know what you're getting!

 

[Like the hat?]

looks nice

 

[Shepard]

We used to have plastic money here in brazil

It started to discolor with time, pretty bad stuff, glad it was only a comemorative thing.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

But could pull cash out of your wallet without even looking and know what you're getting!

You don't do anything in life without looking.

 

[BladeWorker]

Ugly as hell imo.. disappointed in the design.

Where else can you get the head of the prime minister overtop of a curvaceous-looking "lady" figure? I'd say it's pretty dern awesome.

We're also so forward-thinking, we put sex toys on our bills. Or it's just that our people don't know the difference between a sex toy and a double-helix...

 

[YYZ]

Sweet. I can't tell you how annoying it is to go through American a handful of American money. With other currencies around the world, including our beautiful Canadian money, you see the colour and know immediately what it is.

I don't know how you guys are so ahead in some areas, yet so laughably behind in others.

 

[Flo_Evans]

I am jealous of your cool money.

US money sucks. We can't even get a damn dollar coin.

what? We have had dollar coins since... pretty much forever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_coin_(United_States)

 

[Black_Stride]

Seems like the same kind of bills Costa Rica recently put into circulation.

Pretty but they feel so weird.

Costa Rica has some of the best looking notes out there....out of the Polymer notes they take the cake.

I also really like the Kwacha polymer notes.

On Topic

The Canadian 100 looks awesome....ill probably never finger one though.

 

[sangreal]

The best redesign idea I have seen yet:

Quite possibly the worst summary of the Bill of Rights I have ever seen.

Not that it is inaccurate, but it is even more legalese than the actual text.

 

[KHarvey16]

Sweet. I can't tell you how annoying it is to go through American a handful of American money. With other currencies around the world, including our beautiful Canadian money, you see the colour and know immediately what it is.

I don't know how you guys are so ahead in some areas, yet so laughably behind in others.

All of those systems function on familiarity. I(or any American) can tell instantly what denomination I'm looking at.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Bills around the world are getting more colorful every year. These are from Venezuela:

 

[neptunes]

I wonder if the color of US dollar bills will ever change? why are Americans so against change?

 

[YYZ]

All of those systems function on familiarity. I(or any American) can tell instantly what denomination I'm looking at.

That's great for tourists. It just takes much longer for someone to become "familiar" with them then. For what purpose? So that the country can always have its precious green money? And the money always feels thin, cheap, and flimsy.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Many efforts have been put forward to make US money more modern, but any such actual change would be met by an insane amount of resistance by the US public.

Apparently US money "looks like money", and anything else is an abomination.

It's the same reason Americans still have $1 notes when hardly anyone else has notes of a similar value. I found it baffling, to be honest, how much the dollar coin was hated; I can't imagine getting rid of £1 and £2 coins, but they've got a nice thickness and size to them.

 

[SolKane]

The best redesign idea I have seen yet:

Not crazy about having Obama on the one (wouldn't mind the first Roosevelt if we're picking a president), but these are pretty neat.

 

[Guardian Bob]

^ Love those, but not to crazy about bills being different sizes.

 

[lunarworks]

We have a bank here in Northern Ireland which prints plastic five pound notes.

Northern Ireland has a Space Shuttle?

Wow.

 

[grumble]

I work in banking. I regularly handle money from all over the world. The US currency is definitely among the worst of them. It still boggles my mind how people deal with it.

1. Colours too similar, though that's slowly changing for the better with the newer bills.
2. New bills stick together. This makes it hard to count, and easy to give someone too much or too little money. Messes with counter machines too.
3. Bills degrade quickly.
4. Bill material makes it relatively easy to 'wash' small denominations and use them for counterfeiting.
5. Security features are so-so.
6. One dollar bill! Insanity.

 

[superfamicom]

That is a very beautiful looking bill. Great design. Nice job.
I cant wait to see the art on the other bills.

 

[3N16MA]

Now I can wash all the germs of my bills.