Greenbacks No More

Chacham writes "The Financial Times has an article about the US adding colors to some denominations of US currency. Apparently, with both size and color the same, foreigners have a hard time differenciating between the bills.I still haven't gotten used to the larger pictures. And now this? As Kermit the frog sang, It's not easy being green." The Federal Reserve has a press release. At least there's no mention of RFID tags.

Comments

Huh?

[imta11]

What the hell is paper money? Is that what my parents used to buy things?

Trouble?

[geekd]

Apparently, with both size and color the same, foreigners have a hard time differenciating between the bills.

One would think the big number in each corner would be a pretty big giveaway as to the bill's value.

:-)

I'm all for color on our bills. Our money is pretty boring compared to "exciting" foreign money.

But then, when it come to money, I'll all for boring. When "exciting" and "money" are used in the same sentence, it usually means I'm losing my ass.

Re:Trouble?

[ChaosDiscordSimple]

Our money is pretty boring compared to "exciting" foreign money.

That's a feature, darnit! Even with our new, more open, cleaner looking bills, US greenbacks are still the most evil looking money in the world. Black and green with dense and archaic patterns. Thanks to the slightly colored cloth stock they print on, our money starts out looking slightly grimy (crisp, but grimy). Can you picture a suitcase of Euros looking as menacing as a suitcase of US dollars? US bills demand respect. Our money reminds viewers that it is the root of all evil.

It's about time

[L. VeGas]

Now I can use every color in my ink cartridge.

doh

[theEdgeSMAK]

Now strippers can tell what I'm throwing on the table at a glance.

Help?

[thefirelane]

Apparently, with both size and color the same, foreigners have a hard time differenciating between the bills


The Federal Reserve announced they would also hire outside consultants from Parker Brothers.


---Lane

The wisdom of the Simpsons

[Torgo's Pizza]

From the recent episode where The Simpsons go to Brazil, where the kidnappers just receive the ransom money to free Homer.

Brazilian 1: "Look at all that pink and purple."
Brazilian 2: "Our money sure is gay."

Re:Yeah, we think highly of foreigners here.

[rcw-home]

Or is the next 'new math' going to be based on adding colors, instead of numbers? Yeah, you gave me two blues ($5) and a yellow ($10), so thats a blue-green ($20.)

That would lead to the most valuable denominations having the most subtle color variations. The new colors will be based on a proven scheme most Americans are familiar with:

$1 white
5 pink
10 yellow
20 green
50 blue
100 gold
500 bronze

How will this affect Danger Mouse?

[rhiorg]

Just as I'm about to finish the script for my live-action adaptation of Danger Mouse, I learn that we're changing our money. Great.

So now the name Silas Greenback will be an antiquated reference and the villainous character will have to be changed to reflect whatever color the government finally chooses. It will change the entire dynamic of the show, since the name "Greenback" made since because he is GREEDY and therefore desires MONEY, and because he is a FROG. A GREEN FROG.

I just hope they don't choose pink...because then the villain will have to be a Flamingo in order for the name to work. And there's already a bird villain in the show - the nefarious Stiletto! Not to mention Mad Manuel, "the Flamenco assassin", which sounds entirely too much like flamingo.

Thanks for ruining Danger Mouse, you feds!

Bad idea

[af_robot]

Considering the cost of ink cartridges i don't think it will be very profitable.

But I was told that color and size don't matter!

[L. VeGas]

Boy am I humiliated. Up till now I thought my 6" money was quite adequate.

Internet Holographic Paper!

[Quixadhal]

Now that we're pretty close to having LCD paper, and wireless internet access in every major city, I'm all for the next generation of money having LCD hologram foil that has a full 3-D animation of George W (or whomever is President when it's "printed") waving out from each bill. Whenever you're in range of a wireless network, the hologram can be updated to meet the current political climate, and of course banner ads can scroll between the large flashing colored denomination symbols. (Quickly pulsing red ball means $50, slower green pyramid means $20).

Now if they can get integrated micro-foil speakers too, we can have money that talks to us and cries "Spend Me!", "I've been in your wallet for 3 days, Don't you need more Cheezy-Poofs?"

examples?

[brer_rabbit]

Anyone have a picture of one of the new bills? Preferrably a large tiff image, around 2400 dpi, front and back...something I could print at the local Kinkos?

Re:Yeah, we think highly of foreigners here.

[scrytch]

... then I remembered what my sig was after posting that, so at least *I* got a laugh out of it ...

Powers of 2

[Frank T. Lofaro Jr.]

Let's go whole hog and make money in powers of 2.

$1, $2, $4, $8, etc. denominations.

It would make it so much easier for geeks to count, and make writing software for ATMs so much simpler.

;)

Re:Bad Idea: We'll lose brand recognition

[ryanvm]

From a marketing standpoint, the greenish color scheme has fantastic brand awareness.

Good point - we wouldn't want people to start using competing U.S. currencies. Seriously, you sat through too many marketing classes if you think U.S. currency needs brand awareness to be valuable.

Re:currency tracking hardly needs rfids

[mosch]

nah, RFID tags in every bill are way more big brother-esque.

why no, officer. i have no idea how it is that the money i pulled out of that atm got deposited into that drug dealer's bank account 2 days later. i spent that $400 on ice cream, not an ounce of alaskan thunderfuck.