New $10 Bill

[candan9019]

Canadian bills are a bit taller, but among them, they are of slightly different lengths (by millimetres).

I didn't realize that, always looks the same to me. But then agian I usually don't have cash on me.

 

[killuminati]

eww its hideous. The other ones were way better. But who am I to insult american money, us Canadians use monopoly money.

 

[im_to_hyper]

eww its hideous. The other ones were way better. But who am I to insult american money, us Canadians use monopoly money.

Nah, yours is cooler. I mean, come on! SKIERS!

Anyway, I personally think the $10 bill is supposed to be more patriotic and anti-Bu..er...Big Government by having the "We the people" statement from the Declaration of Independence and also by having the torch from the statue of liberty.

Oooh... apparently this incorporates "background colors in shades of orange, yellow and red." --- they should probably be more noticeable in person, though as of right now these seem to be very yellow in color.

 

[Doctor Q]

Coins in Japan and various other countries are defective... they have holes in them! 😱 😉

Dollar bills sometimes get torn, but I've rarely seen one with a hole in the middle, except where somebody wanted to paste in their own face, or Colonel Sanders or Elvis or somebody else as a joke.

Is it still true that U.S. paper money retains its currency value when pieces are missing, as long as you have more than 50% of the bill?

 

[Chundles]

Pfft! Call that colourful?

Our notes start at $5 and get longer by 7mm with each increase in denomination to assist visually impared people. I can't stand the way the US notes all look the same. Ours are polymer too so they can go through the wash, the dryer, pretty much anything and not get ruined - can't tear them either.

 

[fanbrain]

One time in Canada, I bought something at Office Depot or something and I paid with a bunch of 20's and a 50. The twenty's are green and the fifty's are bright red. The cashier counted the money and the total came up thirty dollars short. She counted the money three times, and still didn't realize that the bill on the bottom was A BRIGHT RED FIFTY. I don't know how much the color helps some people.

 

[dotdotdot]

WOAH! The 20s, 50s, and 10s are redesigned, but what about the most commonly used bill for students, the 1?

Either way, the 10 looks SCHWEET

 

[killuminati]

WOAH! The 20s, 50s, and 10s are redesigned, but what about the most commonly used bill for students, the 1?

Because the idea of redesigning the bills is to prevent counterfeit bills from being made/used, and I don't think there are that many people going around putting counterfeit 1 dollar bills into vending machines.

 

[katie ta achoo]

Because the idea of redesigning the bills is to prevent counterfeit bills from being made/used, and I don't think there are that many people going around putting counterfeit 1 dollar bills into vending machines.

The most counterfeited bill is the $20. It's big enough to make a profit (whe you melt the ink off a $1 bill so you can print the $20 on top) but small enough to not raise eyes when you pay for something with it.

ohh yes! I loves me some counterfeit bill action!

OK, I don't. It screws up the GDP. Don't do it.

 

[w_parietti22]

Can we replace the $1??? Its so old... it never even got a big face.

 

[neocell]

Pfft! Call that colourful?

Our notes start at $5 and get longer by 7mm with each increase in denomination to assist visually impared people. I can't stand the way the US notes all look the same. Ours are polymer too so they can go through the wash, the dryer, pretty much anything and not get ruined - can't tear them either.

That's what I'm talking about, great looking currency

 

[Macaddicttt]

Ours are polymer too so they can go through the wash, the dryer, pretty much anything and not get ruined - can't tear them either.

Ours are made of some super secret cloth/paper material that, while can be teared, can go through the wash and a whole lot of other stuff and not get ruined. I always thought it was pretty cool that our money has this paper that the way it's made is a closely guarded secret. There are these pens for testing counterfeit money, too. When you make a line on a fake bill, the ink bleeds, but not on the real deal.

 

[katie ta achoo]

Ours are made of some super secret cloth/paper material that, while can be teared, can go through the wash and a whole lot of other stuff and not get ruined. I always thought it was pretty cool that our money has this paper that the way it's made is a closely guarded secret. There are these pens for testing counterfeit money, too. When you make a line on a fake bill, the ink bleeds, but not on the real deal.

It's a linen/cotton blend.

Oh, I learned so much at the fed! 🙂
I love you, federal reserve bank.

 

[homerjward]

What bill has the highest concentration of cocaine on it?

clinton?

 

[devilot]

bonus points!!
useless trivia:
What bill has the highest concentration of cocaine on it?

Aww man, that's quoted in so many movies... for some reason, I can't think of that answer right now. Either the $50 or the $100 right???

Psst... I was wondering how long it would take you to 'hop' onto this thread. 😛

 

[Xtremehkr]

I wonder what the expression on Hamiltons face is about.

 

[cubist]

... But I still think they should ditch the paper dollar in favor of a $1 coin...

You're joking, right? You can load up on Susan B. Anthony's and Sacajawea's at the bank or post office. Personally, I think they get a bit heavy in the pocket.

Years ago when I was in Spain, my supervisor paid for a dinner for him, me and 3 other guys at a great restaurant (La Fragata) completely with coins. He had five or six stacks of coins. I'd never seen anything like that before. The food was awesome too... unbelievable seafood...

 

[katie ta achoo]

clinton?

!!!!
!!
Hey now!
My nephew (he's about 3) has a Bill Clinton doll and he LOVES IT!
(little known fact: bill clinton can FLY! Well according to my nephew...)

Aww man, that's quoted in so many movies... for some reason, I can't think of that answer right now. Either the $50 or the $100 right???

Psst... I was wondering how long it would take you to 'hop' onto this thread. 😛

I'm pretty sure it's the $1. The google summary of this page (isn't cached though, so no highlighted goodness) *clink*
And of course, since I posed the question, I CAN'T FIND THE FREAKING ARTICLE I WAS THINKING ABOUT. Google... you've failed me. Go to your corner!
(I also don't think it'd be the $50 or $100 because if they had those layin' around, they'd just spend it on more cocaine... the whole addictive "I NEED MORE!!" deal.)

The countries with the highest concentrations of Cocaine on their currency are (drumroll please):
Canada, the US, and the UK.

But, if you wanna get a buzz, ...don't go licking bills.. lots of people touch them... and bills go in G-strings.. ew. Just.. ew.
Also, the concentration is sooo looowww, you'd be licking money for like 4 days straight, and I know y'all don't have that much money, what with all the iPod nanos and Mighty Mice. 😛

and devilot76, a thread about money without me is like Apple/Google/Pixar/Microsoft (before I take them down from the inside out)/Intel without me as CFO! 😉

/I am a MORON
//I finished like 80% of my calculus
///Vote KT for CFO of MacRumors
////Wait... they don't need a CFO!
/////yes they do, they just don't know it yet.

 

[devilot]

But, if you wanna get a buzz, ...don't go licking bills.. lots of people touch them... and bills go in G-strings.. ew. Just.. ew.

The sad part? I bet some people would pay loads more of those bills to be able to lick one that has been in a g-string. 😉

 

[iDM]

I like it. I especially like the "We the people" in the background.

But I still think they should ditch the paper dollar in favor of a $1 coin...

Ok first off, great idea with the coin. The Sacagawea(I had to google it i'm not that good)coin i use to only get from the subway in NYC, but since i live no where close to there I've only seen this coin twice. Apparently it didn't do well cause it resembled the size and weight of the Quarter to much, which i guess is valid.

Have you held a 1 euro or 2 euro piece. Those things are like hunks of iron, I didn't even have to fumble around in my pockets the last time i was in europe, i could tell within a few days what coin was in my hand.

Anyway back to the bill, I really like the front, but the back leaves alot to be desired. I think the back of the $2 bill is the coolest though. Look below!

 

[devilot]

About that whole cocaine thingie...

Found one site Urban Legends:

In one 1985 study done by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on the money machines in a U.S. Federal Reserve district bank, random samples of $50 and $100 bills revealed that a third to a half of all the currency tested bore traces of cocaine. Moreover, the machines themselves were often found to test positive, meaning that subsequent batches of cash fed through them would also pick up cocaine residue. Expert evidence given before a federal appeals court in 1995 showed that three out of four bills randomly examined in the Los Angeles area bore traces of the drug. In a 1997 study conducted at the Argonne National Laboratory, nearly four out of five one-dollar bills in Chicago suburbs were found to bear discernable traces of cocaine. In another study, more than 135 bills from seven U.S. cities were tested, and all but four were contaminated with traces of cocaine. These bills had been collected from restaurants, stores, and banks in cities from Milwaukee to Dallas.

A single bill used to snort cocaine or otherwise mingled with the drug can contaminate an entire cash drawer. When counting and sorting machines (which fan the bills, and thus the cocaine) are factored in, it's no wonder that so much of the currency now in circulation wouldn't pass any purity tests.

 

[devilot]

Okay, I'm apparently too bored... some more searching

A different site: here states that

FACTS!:
Queen Victoria and Freud both favoured the odd toot of cocaine.
A recent survey in London found traces of cocaine on 99% of bank notes in circulation.

Wow... that's a whole lotta bills w/ traces of coke. 😱

 

[katie ta achoo]

The sad part? I bet some people would pay loads more of those bills to be able to lick one that has been in a g-string. 😉

Eeeeewwwww.....
Wh-wh-wh-whyyy???

That being said, I THINK I HAVE A NEW CAREER!

If I am CFO of google, and I get a 20% project (my first one'll be building a hot tub and waterproof computer for my office) I'll try to market that.. I'll give you 15%.

It may sound small, but 15% of all the incomes of creepy guys... HO-YEA!

oo another chance for useless trivia:
What is the largest bill EVAR? (not size physically... 🙄)
Who was on it? DID HE HAVE GLASSES? Was the person on it even a he?
Will the world ever know?

 

[iDM]

The largest denomination of currency ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) was the $100,000 Series 1934 Gold Certificate featuring the portrait of President Wilson. These notes were printed from December 18, 1934 through January 9, 1935 and were issued by the Treasurer of the United States to Federal Reserve Banks only against an equal amount of gold bullion held by the Treasury Department. The notes were used only for official transactions between Federal Reserve Banks and were not circulated among the general public.

On July 14, 1969, David M. Kennedy, the 60th Secretary of the Treasury, and officials at the Federal Reserve Board announced that they would immediately stop distributing currency in denominations of $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Production of these denominations stopped during World War II. Their main purpose was for bank transfer payments. With the arrival of more secure transfer technologies, however, they were no longer needed for that purpose. While these notes are legal tender and may still be found in circulation today, the Federal Reserve Banks remove them from circulation and destroy them as they are received.

I am still looking for whose on them and if he had glasses or not, i really have homework i should be doin

 

[homerjward]

Eeeeewwwww.....
Wh-wh-wh-whyyy???

That being said, I THINK I HAVE A NEW CAREER!

If I am CFO of google, and I get a 20% project (my first one'll be building a hot tub and waterproof computer for my office) I'll try to market that.. I'll give you 15%.

It may sound small, but 15% of all the incomes of creepy guys... HO-YEA!

oo another chance for useless trivia:
What is the largest bill EVAR? (not size physically... 🙄)
Who was on it? DID HE HAVE GLASSES? Was the person on it even a he?
Will the world ever know?

are we talking american? ($100,000 bill with woodrow wilson on the front, no glasses) did any other country make a bigger bill? 😕
edit: beaten to it