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NEW $5 Bill

I find different sized bills profoundly annoying. There's no way to conveniently fold a stack of differently sized bills that doesn't cause the smaller ones to squirm about and become misaligned and drop to the ground when flipping through a stack of bills.

Whatever other criticisms I may weigh against our currency, I'm glad they're all the same size.
 
weckart said:
Let's hope you never develop problems with your vision.

There is a reason most countries vary the size of their banknotes.
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Ding Ding Ding. We have a winner.

We have an increase of 7mm from one denomination to the next highest one to allow vision-impaired people to be able to tell what they're handing over.
 
evilgEEk said:
I don't really care about colors, it's not like it's a fashion statement, it's cash.

But I will say that different sized notes would just annoy me to no end.
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They would annoy you less if you were blind.

Edit: Beaten to it..
 
weckart said:
Let's hope you never develop problems with your vision.

There is a reason most countries vary the size of their banknotes.
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Exactly – and have things like oversized numbers and different colours. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to be partially sighted in the US and to negotiate cash.
 
Maybe I'm biased, but these are my favourite notes:

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But we do need a new £50 and I don't like the new £20 (not pictured). It looks like an M&S voucher. :)

Anyway, the new $5 is an improvement on the old one.
 
The new five is certainly better than the 10. I really don't understand why they would release a note that looks like someone took a piss on it before it left the treasury. Also, I agree with previous posters, differently sized bills are a Good Thing™. There was a lawsuit against the treasury department because if you're completely blind you can't tell the difference, and the judge ruled against the treasury, but apparently they don't have to do anything because to make things right would cost too much :\
 
nbs2 said:
Same here.

I'm also not a fan of the large five.
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Agreed (on both counts).

Blue Velvet said:
Unlike other currencies where the bills are obviously carved from stone?
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Well they don't call it a pound for nothing;):p

puckhead193 said:
me 3. If i remember correctly, the bills are made from plastic right so when you go surfing it doesn't get ruined (or that's what i was told when i was there)
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Plastic? I don't know. What's wrong with good old fashioned cotton?:p
 
I hate the big purple 5.
If visually impaired people need something big they can learn the faces. Don't make the currency ugly for everyone just because of a few.
 
aLoC said:
I hate the big purple 5.
If visually impaired people need something big they can learn the faces. Don't make the currency ugly for everyone just because of a few.
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Yeah, those blind folk should just shape up and look a bit harder, eh? And those people in wheelchairs should just learn to bump up steps, because those ramps make buildings look cluttered.
 
GeeYouEye said:
Great. The Fed fushes the dollar's value down the toilet, so the Treasury says "ooh look, something shiny!"
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I'm sorry, but how did the Fed flush the dollar's value down the toilet? Are you talking about the design, because that isn't a Fed decision; that decision is made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. If you mean our current economic situation, blame realtors who falsified their clients' earnings just so they could qualify for a home:mad:
 
I really hate the varying colors in the background of all of the new bills. Instead of color, I wonder if it would be possible to throw a hologram onto the bill like the canadian ones (are they made out of a paper/linen product or something else? I can't seem to remember). While we're at it, maybe we could put braille denominations on the holo strip too - it would appease both the "we're blind!" crowd and the "we like our money the same size!" crowd.
 
adk said:
I really hate the varying colors in the background of all of the new bills. Instead of color, I wonder if it would be possible to throw a hologram onto the bill like the canadian ones (are they made out of a paper/linen product or something else? I can't seem to remember). While we're at it, maybe we could put braille denominations on the holo strip too - it would appease both the "we're blind!" crowd and the "we like our money the same size!" crowd.
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I am a fan of this idea. I think braille is the way to go.

However, I don't like holograms as much. For some reason, watermarks are just "classier":p
 
Personally, I hardly ever use cash any more, so I don't think it even matters that much.... But my tendencies towards OCD make me wish the redesigns were more consistent with each other.
 
overanalyzer said:
Personally, I hardly ever use cash any more, so I don't think it even matters that much.... But my tendencies towards OCD make me wish the redesigns were more consistent with each other.
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I'm not a fan of cash either (too risky, dirty, and primitive). I also liked the look of US currency before these redesigns started. The 20 esspecially gets to me. They just seem kind of...gay.
 
CalBoy said:
I am a fan of this idea. I think braille is the way to go.

However, I don't like holograms as much. For some reason, watermarks are just "classier":p
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I'm pretty sure the holograms are tougher to fake, and I think it would also be necessary for the braille because if it was just imprinted into the paper itself I could see the braille wearing out after being passed through vending machines and such.


EDIT: Hell, why not both?
 
adk said:
I'm pretty sure the holograms are tougher to fake, and I think it would also be necessary for the braille because if it was just imprinted into the paper itself I could see the braille wearing out after being passed through vending machines and such.
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Well, the Braille could be imprinted on the narrow edges only, with a small amount of plastic inbetween the fibers of the cotton. That should help prevent wear, and in any case, the $1 bill only has a cirulation life of about a year and a half. The Braille would probably outlast the note itself:eek:;)
 
While I think the Euro is very fine and sensible, the rich corinthian quality of the dollar is what I think makes it distinctive. Pushing the faces around and cleaning up some of the embellishing designs, and possibly even adding huge purple nomenclature, may all be very practical, but the mysteriousness and the personality of the earlier bills is diminished.
 
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