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Greenbacks No More

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paper-or-plastic dept.

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.

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  1. Arabic numerals anyone? by Sagarian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The large print arabic numerals on the bills should be a tip-off as to their value. If people can't read numerals to determine value, how can they do the arithmetic to tell whether they got the correct change? What's next? A cash register that resembles a twister board? "That'll be two reds, a blue, oh and left foot green"

  2. Colored Money by Ara · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Parker Brothers should offer themselves up as consultants to the Federal Reserve Board.

    After all, they already have the whole process down pat...

  3. against color by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I wish *they* would let us vote on it... I'd vote against adding color to US Currency.

    Although the article states the current bills as a "boon to swindlers" because the bills are hard to distinguish, I disagree. I know the difference between a 1, 5, 10, etc. If you're too stupid to be able to distinguish your money, you deserve to have it stolen.

    Regardless, I believe one of the attributes that makes US currency recognizable around the world is its simple color scheme. Its powerful, and looks like no other currency. When color is added to US currency, I fully expect the value of the dolor to drop because it will no longer have the bold, simple 2 color scheme. It will be just like every other paper currency on the world market.

    I recently watched a documentary on the History Channel, which contained a segment about the federal reserve. A federal reserve employee expressed these very sentiments, even before the idea of adding color to US bills became a serious prospect.

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  4. Well you've got to be kidding me by SteelX · · Score: 2, Redundant

    It looks as though you've never travelled or lived outside the U.S. in your entire life.

    Having different colors does make a huge difference for a lot of people. I've lived in four countries (including the U.S. now) and I definitely think that colored foreign currency notes are much easier to handle compared to boring green U.S. notes.