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.

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Yeah, we think highly of foreigners here.

[dfenstrate]

"foreigners have a hard time differenciating between the bills"

does the phonecian numbering system still present a problem for some corners of the earth? I wasn't aware that the roman or summerian numerals where still in use.

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.)

Right. There are better reasons that this.

Re:About time, too

[paradesign]

you need to go here. Ive had not one problem in 20 years discerning the value of currency, on the fly. I was so good at it, they even ley ne tend the cash drawer at the hardware store, but i digress.

LIARS!!!!!

[Ziviyr]

The U.S. government has never recalled or devalued its currency.

Explain why they're raising the amount of money in circulation (scarcity decreases, so does value). And why I can't exchange my old silverbacks for pounds of silver?

They have been devaluing currency for as long as I can recall. So I reiterate my subject line.

Re:Foreigners?

[jaymz666]

Actually, this thing we're on is called the WORLD wide web, and most of the WORLD has access to most servers. There really are very few AMERICAN web sites.

Re:About time, too

[killmenow]

What are you...nucking futs?

You're right about one thing, one shouldn't have to check twice that one isn't handing over a twenty instead of a dollar bill...but one shouldn't be such a moron as to not tell the difference between a 1 and a 20...if you can't tell the difference between those two visual images at a glance, you must be daft.

Besides that, who gives a rat's ass what color the damn things are? As long as the new purple $10 will buy me the same stuff a green $10 will, I couldn't care less...

Register your discontent!

[Galvatron]

Sure, it's not as important as writing your congressmen to stop the SSSCA, or what have you, but if the idea of the US going to Monopoly money pisses you off, they did helpfully give two contacts on the press release:

Federal Reserve - Susan Stawick - 202-452-2955
Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Dawn Haley - 202-874-3545

Alternatively, fill in this form.

Re:Huh?

[Fat Casper]

I guess all those misleading numbers that were inadvertantly slipped into every corner of the design are just too confusing. This is simply retarded. We aren't asking anybody to know who Grant was, or even read the "Fifty Dollars" printed on each side. Just look at the 50 prominently displayed in each corner of both sides.

If numbers are too tough, then you shouldn't be playing with that much money anyway. In 2004, we get to hear about how this system discriminates against the color blind. By 2006, John Ashcroft will assign each foreign tourist his own government "helper" to keep track of his money for him. by 2008 the system will be working so smoothly that all citizens will be "entitled" to the same help. All because of a few morons who couldn't count.

Hint: OPEN the wallet

[Lurkingrue]

Or, perhaps, you're just busy setting up strawmen because you don't understand/agree with the USian point of view? Maybe?