The new US $5 bill…
Allegedly the small yellow circles are in a special pattern that will tell digital copy software not to copy the money… You will just get a black image.
http://www.portfolio.com/interactive-features/2008/02/New-Five?TID=st092007ab
With all the redesign work on the money, I wonder why we haven’t done like some other countries and made the money more usable for the visually challenged… i.e. physical differences in the denominations that don’t require visual capabilities. I know the money in England irked me until I realized why it was sized differently and then started wondering why everyone didn’t do that.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:01 am
(…) I know the money in England irked me until I realized why it was sized differently and then started wondering why everyone didn’t do that. (…)
I don’t know why you mean by “everyone” here but different size of bills are prety common, at least in EUR zone.
BTW - what is annoying for me when I’m in US is 1$ bill - I would preffer to have 1$, 2$ and 5$ as coins - but maybe this is my habit from Europe.
March 30th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Tomek: I was thinking like here in the US mostly.
And I hate coins… I prefer the foldable stuff. Coins I collect from stores and then they go in the door of my truck until it is so heavy I can’t close it well and then it gets pulled into a big metal bin and once every year or two I go and try to find someone to sort it and give me “real” money. I still have a few quid and 5 pound (I think) coins from when I was in England back in 2000.