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The new $5 bill

by @ 12:35 am on 3/27/2008. Filed under general

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.

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2 Responses to “The new $5 bill”

  1. Tomek says:

    (…) 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.

  2. joe says:

    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.

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