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So, what I hear is, people shouldn't have to look ...

2009-10-13T00:25:20.488+02:00

So, what I hear is, people shouldn't have to look at their money? Buncha sissies. I remember having to exchange Israeli pounds for Lira, change Lira for Pesatos, change those for English pounds, then buy Deustch Marks - it was an endless merry-go-round. I ALWAYS looked at, and thought about my money. And, here, I'll complain about the pretty colors, one more time. They mean nothing to people who can't see the colors!! Phhht. Any size, any color is fine, as long as I can read the denomination on the coins and the currency.

Hi Richard, my bad. I guess I was a bit thrown off...

2009-07-06T21:18:30.084+02:00

Hi Richard, my bad. I guess I was a bit thrown off by the 'we' in "We need to rebuild our country, revive our economy, redesign the Dollar bill" at the top of your page. But like I said, poor assumption on my part, I've corrected it in the post. Can you actually get away with being an Englishman and criticizing US currency? ;-) I have by the way talked to quite a few Americans who empathized with my problems with the Dollar. It was just that they themselves did not notice anymore...

Gr. Jasper

Hey Jasper - great article - but actually Richard ...

2009-07-06T20:14:14.583+02:00

Hey Jasper - great article - but actually Richard Smith (me) is English ! So clearly you do have to be European to notice these things ... sometimes it's hard to see what's right in front of your eyes which perhaps gives me an objective POV - again thanks for the mention - hopefully our dream will become reality and all these issues will be solved once and for all

Unfortunately I didn't save any of the old Dutch b...

2009-07-03T11:05:30.501+02:00

Unfortunately I didn't save any of the old Dutch banknotes. When the Euro was introduced I was still a student so I think that the time I prioritized their monetary over their aesthetic value.

Hi Jasper, Have you kept some of these beautiful c...

2009-07-02T01:41:58.952+02:00

Hi Jasper,
Have you kept some of these beautiful coins and notes, too? I had the Dutch bank notes framed and hanging on the wall, even before they went out of business. For my graduation, I received a 'lighthouse', which made my collection complete.

You won't find Americans (who have travelled even ...

2009-06-30T23:39:10.611+02:00

You won't find Americans (who have travelled even as far as Canada) disagreeing with you.

I do love the larger denomination Canadian coins, the gold loonie )has a loon on it) and the gold-in-silver two-nie. Of course, the first time my ex went to Canada, he hadn't paid a lick of attention to Canadian coinage, so he tipped the bartender with a random handful of coins. Thought he was tipping maybe $1, was closer to $7!

Hi Keith, thanks for your input. Mentioning the Au...

2009-06-30T10:20:04.575+02:00

Hi Keith, thanks for your input. Mentioning the Australian Dollar was a completely random - and as it turns out - unjustified, example on my part. Thanks for pointing that out. I've altered the text to indicate that it's just a hypothetical example.

Just a note: you used Australians currency as an e...

2009-06-29T22:56:20.077+02:00

Just a note: you used Australians currency as an example, worth noting that Australia doesn't suffer from the same problem as the US, with varying sized, colourful notes, all on a special polymer which makes it hard to counterfeit. Australia also makes money for other countries.

Aussie currency:
http://community.kaboose.com/files/64601_64700/64646/file_64646.jpg

I find US currency to be difficult to use coming from this perspective — and I *think* it was the blind association which made the change to the $5 bill happen because the US government was effectively discriminating against the visually impaired by issuing notes which look almost identical.

Here's your problem:
http://www.coinlink.com/News/banknotes/judges-question-currency-change-to-aid-the-blind/

Those dutch notes are great looking!