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New $100 Bill Introduced
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I don't know why the hell the USA hasn't gone to anything like the polymers the Australian dollar has.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_dollar
First off, being plastic/polymer kills the idea of having the right like/kind of paper, which is the first deterrent for counterfeits. Second, the holographic/transparent images are very hard to duplicate. Third, the feel of the bill helps those who are blind to recognize which bill is which. Fourth, the colour makes it easy to know which is which for everyone else.
As far as western cultures go, the US is way behind the curve on this.
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Umm...
As far as I know, all bills down to the $5 (maybe even $1) have a watermark like the above.
Yep. The watermark is supposed to be the same as the portrait on the bill. So a $5 would have a Lincoln watermark, a $20 a Jackson watermark. The $1000 doesn't have a Grover Cleveland watermark (at least the bill I've got). I haven't gotten my mits on the $10,000 or the $100,000 bills yet.
I've heard rumors of a $1,000,000 bill but I've only seen that in Leisure Suit Larry 2.
I think I may have had some older notes that didn't have those security features
. Maybe also the US banknotes aren't quite as obvious as other currencies.
Read his whole post:Yep. The watermark is supposed to be the same as the portrait on the bill. So a $5 would have a Lincoln watermark, a $20 a Jackson watermark. The $1000 doesn't have a Grover Cleveland watermark (at least the bill I've got). I haven't gotten my mits on the $10,000 or the $100,000 bills yet.
Eraserhead said:
While we've been through quite a few currency redesigns over the last decade or so, but the $1 bill has received no attention since 1963.
It was about the dollar to a reasonable extent as I had a lot of dollar notes when I went travelling, but it was about the larger notes too.
I think counterfeiting (oh hay, I spelled it right! ) $1 bills would cost more per bill than they're worth. It would really only be something used for an attack on a currency, and that still wouldn't be very effective.
I can see it now: foreign agents taking wads of fake singles to strip clubs.
) $1 bills would cost more per bill than they're worth. It would really only be something used for an attack on a currency, and that still wouldn't be very effective.I can see it now: foreign agents taking wads of fake singles to strip clubs.
I think counterfeiting (oh hay, I spelled it right!
I've seen fake $1 notes in Cambodia.
US money has been sorely in need of a redesign. It's easier to counterfeit and it's difficult for people with disabilities to use.
For example, if you're blind there's no difference in size or texture between the bills. How are you supposed to know what is a $100 and what's a $20? The different sizes would also help those who are color blind and/or have poor vision.
Although it wouldn't be useful for people with color blindness, different colored bills makes it so much easier for people who have poor vision.
There's other features, like using a material similar to Australia's money, that a real redesign could implement. Also, if the treasury did a real overhaul, then they wouldn't have to do this patchwork nonsense.
...in using them, or faking them?
I like the new $100 dollar bills, and others.
They kind of look like most European and Asian money from way, way back. The last step would be to have slightly different sizes to help the visually impaired.
HA, I know those Wombats had a use for used condoms and latex gloves from the proto's office!
Hahaha
Ours are much more colourful
Isn't that the guy from the "Monty Python" opening?
Pffft. You liberals and your facts...
Personally, I think that giant 100 on the back looks silly. All those security features are ugly, too. Wouldn't mind having a few of them, though.
Sounds like an episode of ABC's "What would you do?" Have someone posing as a blind person buy something in a store and hand the clerk a series of bills asking them to take the correct amount for the purchase.
...that show is awful.
