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[Konka]

Paper burns and gets wrecked in the wash. I've never seen a melted polymer note - they don't melt in hot cars. There's a higher probability of having some money put through the wash than inadvertently putting some in the oven with your quiche.



You're already in a dark area paying women to give you sexual thrills. How much self respect have you really got left at that point?

Spoiler

Now I want to go to a strip club

Paper doesn't require Oil to make.

 

[Devolution]

I don't understand the insistence on keeping the bills green if a bunch of other aspects/elements are changing colors. It just makes all the security features seem out of place and ugly as hell.

 

[The Technomancer]

And on top of that, the Canadian Mint infused each one with a slight maple smell (though it leans more toward caramel). Seriously, next time you run across one smell it!

...okay Canada you're really not making it easy to stop with the stereotypes

 

[Slayven]

I don't understand the insistence on keeping the bills green if a bunch of other aspects/elements are changing colors. It just makes all the security features seem out of place and ugly as hell.

That is why I give all mine to you.

 

[KefkaPalazzo]

Canuck $100 bill for comparison:

That looks awful IMO. Like a second rate photoshop job in areas.

I'm not seeing much of an issue with the US $100. Not that it's the prettiest money in the world.

Those Brazilian ones on the other hand....absolutely lovely.

 

[BuggyDClown]

Australian banknotes 4 lyfe

1. Polymer
2. Bitchin' colours
3. Higher face value = longer length

Australia wins this one.

-Plastic
-Different great colors
-Good design
-Increasing sizes
-No In God We Trust

Can we just copy them please.

 

[Goldrush]

That Australian money is damn near perfect. First time seeing it but the noticeable difference between the note will go a long way to calm my paranoia that I gave someone the wrong bill.

 

[tmarques]

I've heard of it once, a guy left a wad of money in the Microwave (his hidding spot) to pay a plumber, his girlfriend used the microwave and melted it.

Considering there's (practically) no water molecules in money, is that even possible?

 

[Silas Lang]

Pretty ugly. I still don't like the big head design of American currency to be honest. Love the old classic greenback bills.

Not that it is big deal though. Really only care if I can buy stuff with it!

 

[tirminyl]

The Australian notes look awesome. I would prefer a single length but it will do. I rarely carry cash anyway.

 

[dejay]

Paper doesn't require Oil to make.

There is that too. They are, however, recycled into other products and they last 4-5 times longer in circulation, so I don't know which one ends up being better for the environment.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Australia wins this one.

-Plastic
-Different great colors
-Good design
-Increasing sizes
-No In God We Trust

Can we just copy them please.

-Has the Queen. Automatic FAIL

 

[Delusibeta]

Did they really list blue as a security feature?

I presume the argument is that since all previous US notes were green, the counterfeiters don't have the infrastructure for blue notes.

-Has the Queen. Automatic FAIL

 

[JDeluis]

When I worked at foreign currency cash vault, my favorite currency was from South Africa.

 

[Easy_D]

Who puts "In God we trust" on money anyway?

 

[dejay]

Who puts "In God we trust" on money anyway?

The US. Every time you get a $100 bill, you prey it isn't counterfeit.

 

[PaulloDEC]

I may be biased, but I love our Aussie notes the best. Great colours, nicely designed, plastic.

Also digging the NZ and Canadian ones, though.

-Has the Queen. Automatic FAIL

She's pretty harmless, and she's only on our least valuable note.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

-Has the Queen. Automatic FAIL

Queen > In God We Trust

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Queen > In God We Trust

Queen - bastion of tyranny and oppression!

 

[Neo Samus]

Took them long enough considering the re-design was supposed to come out February 2011, but got delayed because of a printing issue on 30% of the bills. Cost the government millions to fix.

 

[dejay]

Queen - bastion of tyranny and oppression!

She is a monster. I heard once she had the crusts left on the cucumber sandwiches she served.

 

[Riposte]

Benjamin looks like he is holding in a laugh.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Queen - bastion of tyranny and oppression!

GoldenEye 007

You're fooling nobody, James.

 

[Escape Goat]

Its more dignified than some of those crazy Europeans/Canadians put on their money.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Looks okay. I'll never have one tho.

 

[Amory]

I think that bill actually looks awesome. wish theyd do something similar with all the others.

 

[Jack Scofield]

I'm sure I've asked this question before, but oh well. These new bills are being released to combat counterfeiting, correct? Yet the old bills are still in circulation and are still worth money. So what's to stop counterfeiters from continuing to to counterfeit the old bills and not worry about these new ones?

 

[DrAndonuts]

Your thoughts on the design?

Did I accidentally click on the clipart game cover thread?

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Australia kicks ass with the notes. Those complaining that they're different sizes, it really isn't that noticeable unless you're looking for it. But it is so much easier to sort our money.

I lived in the US for a year and that shit sucks, man. Fuck pennies, too.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Once you see it...

Oh god haha

 

[GoldenEye 007]

GoldenEye 007

You're fooling nobody, James.

Don't Stop Me Now!

 

[Tobe]

just that big 100 on the back sucks after that is not that bad.

 

[Easy_D]

Its more dignified than some of those crazy Europeans/Canadians put on their money.

I dunno. Sweden's new money seems pretty classy to me: http://www.belowtheclouds.com/en/2012/04/24/sveriges-nya-sedlar/

 

[jamesinclair]

The federal government lost a lawsuit brought under ada.

The judge required that all future money be useable by the blind, like is the case in most countries.

I see no such feature was added. Once again, Obama ignores the law at his every whim

 

[dejay]

I'm sure I've asked this question before, but oh well. These new bills are being released to combat counterfeiting, correct? Yet the old bills are still in circulation and are still worth money. So what's to stop counterfeiters from continuing to to counterfeit the old bills and not worry about these new ones?

Won't the banks swap them over with the Reserve Bank for new ones?

 

[PaperFlame]

NZ currency is pretty cool imo. Also, just like the Aussie pics posted, the notes are different sizes which you can't really tell here.

I enjoy these a lot, they look really pretty.

 

[Jacob]

I'm sure I've asked this question before, but oh well. These new bills are being released to combat counterfeiting, correct? Yet the old bills are still in circulation and are still worth money. So what's to stop counterfeiters from continuing to to counterfeit the old bills and not worry about these new ones?

The old bills get taken out of circulation as they get worn down. The Department of the Treasury (I think) shreds a ton of old bills every year that get replaced by new ones. There will always be some old bills floating around but a few years down the line they're going to be increasingly hard to come across.

Edit: beaten.

 

[tmarques]

Actually, Sweden wins -

 

[lenovox1]

Still paper? smh america

Cotton.

 

[Altazor]

these are the "new" chilean banknotes (from the last 5 years) on the left, the old ones are on the right. And, yes, the new ones also are longer the higher face value they have.

 

[Konka]

Plastics are Oil based. I don't understand how anyone could want them to be the future.

 

[dejay]

The federal government lost a lawsuit brought under ada.

The judge required that all future money be useable by the blind, like is the case in most countries.

I see no such feature was added. Once again, Obama ignores the law at his every whim

 

[Ty4on]

Really like the new Danish banknotes. Much better than the ancient looking they used to have and I love that they don't feature any people.

Haven't seen any plastic money, but I've had plenty of paper money in the wash that came out fine. The ones in Norway use cotton paper, but I think that's what all paper money use. The 50,- bank note though suffer from a lot of wear though.

Plastics are Oil based. I don't understand how anyone could want them to be the future.

You can make bioplastic. Oil is organic after all.

 

[reptilescorpio]

Some sexy looking money in this thread. I would accept it all.

Paper doesn't require Oil to make.

Plastics are Oil based. I don't understand how anyone could want them to be the future.

Hey green helmet guy, you seem to have some beef with oil. What's the deal?

 

[BuggyDClown]

-Has the Queen. Automatic FAIL

Good point, Take Aus design and add the Canadian scientist idea. I'd love us to have some founders on one side, and some scientists/inventors on the other.

 

[RobotMafia]

All of our money(USA) is terrible. We need more color for sure. Or colour. Just don't tell republicans.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

All of our money(USA) is terrible. We need more color for sure. Or colour. Just don't tell republicans.

The green is just fine!

 

[D.Lo]

I love American money, it looks and feels 'classic' and wears particularly well IMO.

That canadian thing is a straight ripoff of some european money (pre Euro) and Australian money.

Still paper? smh america

Cotton.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Queen - bastion of tyranny and oppression!

God - smites.

Queen>god.

 

[Aberrant]

I've always thought that the different length notes of Australia currency was so that blind people could tell them apart.

Does this mean that US notes won't be made of that cotton/paper stuff anymore?