I like the color. I want to see what the Fed does with the $1.
Other countries' money looks too colorful to me.
Other countries' money looks too colorful to me.
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Yes, it's ugly. It appears to be strictly based on security measures alone. The paper is indeed a special government blend that is near impossible to reproduce. I watched a video on it. Kind of neat. There's the watermark(s), the inserted plastic? strip, the color-changing ink, the micro-printing technology, etc. etc. There's really a lot of security measures going on in there, but- the new twenties a few years back had all this and managed to look good. What happened?
In regards to other, rainbow colored money, I'll take the green any day.
In regards to other, rainbow colored money, I'll take the green any day.
EricNau said:Probably leave it the way it is.
Or we could take a page from the Brits and do away with the $1 note in lieu of coins. Then again, people look at me funny whenever I use dollar coin(s) to purchase something, and I actually had one store clerk question their legality once (apparently she had never seen one).
I don't mind the looks of ours, though I'm ashamed to admit that I don't even know who half the people on them are...
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I remember when they first started using the plastic notes there was a problem with the Queen's face on the $5 notes. It could be rubbed out with an eraser, or if it went through the wash it would come out with no face!
BTW, the green ones are my favourite!
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I remember when they first started using the plastic notes there was a problem with the Queen's face on the $5 notes. It could be rubbed out with an eraser, or if it went through the wash it would come out with no face!
BTW, the green ones are my favourite!
Are the entire notes made of plastic, or just the clear logo? I saw some over the summer but they didn't feel like plastic... maybe it's just me.max_altitude said:I don't mind the looks of ours, though I'm ashamed to admit that I don't even know who half the people on them are...
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I remember when they first started using the plastic notes there was a problem with the Queen's face on the $5 notes. It could be rubbed out with an eraser, or if it went through the wash it would come out with no face!
BTW, the green ones are my favourite!
I really like the look of yours, but I hate the different sizes.
BTW: I like the green US bills too!
EricNau said:Are the entire notes made of plastic, or just the clear logo? I saw some over the summer but they didn't feel like plastic... maybe it's just me.
I really like the look of yours, but I hate the different sizes.
BTW: I like the green US bills too!
Yep, they're entirely plastic. They can start feeling a bit papery if they get put through the wash by accident and do tear on occasion. The different sizes have never bothered me that much either.
i like the new canadian bills more than the new austrailian bills especially when i have them in my wallet. similar in spirit though. got the queen on your 5??? she's worth more than that -- we put her on the 20!
american money looks like monopoly money to me. shouldn't the richest nation have the nicest $$$?
especially when i have them in my wallet. similar in spirit though. got the queen on your 5??? she's worth more than that -- we put her on the 20!american money looks like monopoly money to me. shouldn't the richest nation have the nicest $$$?
cait-sith said:i like the new canadian bills more than the new austrailian bills
american money looks like monopoly money to me. shouldn't the richest nation have the nicest $$$?
She's not even on some of them anymore...poor old Lizzie
I once had a guy pay me in Kennedy half-dollars. I think it was about $5.50 worth too.CorvusCamenarum said:
CorvusCamenarum said:
That's struck me as a little strange... to have a bill for such a small denomination.
Here in the UK we have £2 coins as well (US$3.51 according to Calculator).
The smallest notes are £5 and when you do get them, they're usually battered as hell tough life, being a £5 note.
CorvusCamenarum said:
I dont think that ever going to happen in the US. Yeah they have the "golden dollar" coins which are great for some things but the fact is I dont like caring around coins in my pocket. Just to heavy. now I try not to get more than 4-5 1 dollar bills in my wallet at any one time but I would not like to caring around 4-5 coins in my pockets. Heck I have a coin glass I keep where at the end of the day I just put empty my pocket and throw that days change in the glass. If it was not for 1 dollar bills that glass would sky rocket it value and I dont want to.
As for paying for stuff like many people I normally use plastic but I like having 20-30 bucks in cash and 1 check on me at almost all times. It nice to have those items when you need it. Plus it not like I am caring that much extra stuff on me. It enough to be useful when I need it and if I need to spend more than 20 bucks I can normally go plastic. But there is still quite a bit in this world that really only uses cash.
Counterfit said:
I've got a stack of those too. Two of them are bicentennial (Independence Hall on the back in lieu of the seal).
Blue Velvet said:
I've got a couple £2 coins saved from my last trip across the pond in addition to a bunch of other coins the bank wouldn't exchange back. On another note, why does (only?) Scotland have £1 notes? I have 3 of those left as the bank manager here couldn't identify them as legitimate foreign currency.
timepass said:
I love the gold dollar coins. Along with $2 bills, they're great for tipping and the like. My spare change gets rolled and taken to the bank and converted to gold dollars/$2 bills.
mad jew said:Ha.
I mean, is your cash made from paper or plastic? Our notes are plastic so they can't really break, no matter how you treat them. I was shown some American money recently and it was paper. I dunno how old it was, but it wasn't very durable.
It's funny you mention durability 'cause, AFAIK, that's one reason US bills are still paper and don't have holograms on them. The holograms and such get destroyed by the "torture tests" that materials for US bills have to pass.
I've never had a bill so beat up that I couldn't spend it, and as long as you have at least half of the bill you can take it to a bank and exchange it for a non-messed up bill.
Personally, I dislike the color and geometric explosions that adorn many non-US currencies.
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Blue Velvet said:
Americans hate coins. We have half-dollars and dollar coins (2 versions over the past 20 or so years) and neither are popular. I only see half dollars in casinos at this point. The dollar coins were poorly thought out and are about the same size as a quarter. Carrying change is a hassle. My car's console must have 20 dollars in change stored in it.
We have $1 and $2 bills (also very unpopular). Would rather carry bills than coins.
Personally, I hate cash. I use my debit card for every transaction I possibly can.
They're made from the same stuff as yours. Those scans are awful, the colours are significantly different on the actual notes.
CorvusCamenarum said:
Don't worry - on the few occasions that I have Scottish £1 notes, I get funny looks even in England. Most of them have figured out that accepting the £10/£20 ones are fine.
Scotland has a £1 note (issued by Royal Bank of Scotland) and £100 note (issued by all three Scottish issuing banks). The Scottish banks having the right to print their own money is a holdover from the Act of Union - although it is still underwritten by the Bank of England (the Scottish banks 'pay' the B of E for the currency they are printing). As a Scot, I think the Bank of Scotland notes are much prettier than their English equivalent.
The whole UK used to have £1 notes but they were phased out in favour of the coins after a few years of having both. They did get filthy very quickly. There was a bit of an uproar from those who didn't like the idea of lugging around lots of coins and the Royal Bank of Scotland decided to keep some 'good feeling' and continue printing £1 notes.
The good thing with small denomination notes is that when tipping, it's a lot easier to press a couple of them into someone's hand than coins!
Concur. The only time I spent in England on the last trip was passing through Gatwick twice, so I spent two weeks slowly changing English notes for Scottish as I spent.Applespider said:
Applespider said:
I imagine there was a bigger uproar when the system was changed from £1=240p.
I do like the way that the £1 coins have a variety of designs on the reverse, rather like our more recent State Quarters program. If memory serves, though, your designs are indicative of in which mint the coin was struck, yes?
I really like our danish notes. They differ in size and colour the higher you get.
Check em out
http://www.nationalbanken.dk/DNUK/NotesAndCoins.nsf/side/Denmarks_banknote_series!OpenDocument
Edit: Or look below
Check em out
http://www.nationalbanken.dk/DNUK/NotesAndCoins.nsf/side/Denmarks_banknote_series!OpenDocument
Edit: Or look below
CorvusCamenarum said:
No, they're done to represent the year in which they were made (in part). The design alternates between a general UK one, followed by a Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish and English before going back to the start of the cycle. They don't always create a new theme for each cycle though - sometimes they just seem to repeat an old one
The original £1 coin with a royal crest was followed by a Scottish one with thistle, then a leek for Wales - can't recall the Irish one, and then an oak tree for England. Some had different inscriptions around the edge 'Nemo me impune lacessit' for Scotland for example.
The next phase of them were the symbols associated with the countries - the Lion Rampant, the Welsh Dragon, the Celtic Cross and the English three lions.
The current cycle is 'bridges' - We've had the Forth Rail bridge for Scotland last year and they're currently minting the Menai Straits for Wales
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