Originally posted by MaskedMan I think they keep trying harder and harder to make their money look like ours
I watched a show once on the discovery channel.. Seem the guys in charge of making the money would love it to be like the multi colored style used in the EU, because it's harder to reproduce... However the American Paper note has been it's standard 2 colors for so long..They will only change it a little at a time or it might affect it's stability in the market place.
The American dollar is the most recognizable and most used piece of paper money in the world. Making a major change would affect it a great deal.
In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator.
Originally posted by crockett I watched a show once on the discovery channel.. Seem the guys in charge of making the money would love it to be like the multi colored style used in the EU, because it's harder to reproduce... However the American Paper note has been it's standard 2 colors for so long..They will only change it a little at a time or it might affect it's stability in the market place.
The American dollar is the most recognizable and most used piece of paper money in the world. Making a major change would affect it a great deal.
I did an experiment 2 weeks ago for a mainstream magazine article I am writing. I bought $100 in U.S. $1 *coins*, and tried to use them to buy items (I live in the U.S.).
I really messed up and didn't videotape the results, as the taped reactions would have been worth a LOT more money than my article is worth. While most people accepted them as the legal tender that they are, two store clerks called the cops on me. One insisted that I gave her two "gold quarters" (I bought $1.34 worth of candy, so gave her 2 $1 coins), while another said that I tried to give her chocolate gold leaf wrapped money.
In the latter case, the scary thing is that the officer who showed up had to call the situation in before being instructed that yes indeed there is such a thing as a $1 gold colored U.S. coin.
It's still going to be one hell of a fun article to submit
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