Adding color to the good ole us dollar? - GoFuckYourself.com

Toxictoy · 06-21-2002, 02:08 PM

Look at this article:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...=thread&tid=98

Apparently according to the article the US is going to add color to US money because foreigners can't distinguish between the denominations. I'm sure no one here has that problem!!

Ok let me see - one says "10" one says "20" one says "50"....

hehehe

Frank W · 06-21-2002, 02:41 PM

Good thread. On a related note, the US' inflation rate is lower because a lot of foreign countries trust the greenback more than their own currency [e.g. parts of South America and former Soviet Union]. This has positive reverberations for the US economy because instead of being spent here and inflating the money supply here, it is saved and traded abroad. This is called the "signeurial" effect [sic?]. If this effect was not in place, we'd probably be looking at an extra 1.5 to 2% inflation.

jreaka · 06-21-2002, 02:43 PM

Getting a little nerdy around here!

Frank W · 06-21-2002, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jreaka
Getting a little nerdy around here!

Hey, I wish I was as nerdy as Bill Gates.

B40 · 06-21-2002, 02:59 PM

Canadians have a different colour for every bill.

Wonder why counterfeiting is not a problem in the US. In Canada they had to put holograms on the 20's and larger bills to curtail it.

FrankyW · 06-21-2002, 04:53 PM

As long as it's still green, I don't mind any additives

06-21-2002, 02:08 PM	#1
Toxictoy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: In the Ferret Lair Posts: 81	Adding color to the good ole us dollar? Look at this article: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...=thread&tid=98 Apparently according to the article the US is going to add color to US money because foreigners can't distinguish between the denominations. I'm sure no one here has that problem!! Ok let me see - one says "10" one says "20" one says "50".... hehehe

06-21-2002, 02:41 PM	#2
Frank W Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: California Posts: 889	Good thread. On a related note, the US' inflation rate is lower because a lot of foreign countries trust the greenback more than their own currency [e.g. parts of South America and former Soviet Union]. This has positive reverberations for the US economy because instead of being spent here and inflating the money supply here, it is saved and traded abroad. This is called the "signeurial" effect [sic?]. If this effect was not in place, we'd probably be looking at an extra 1.5 to 2% inflation. __________________ "If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." -- Herman Hesse

06-21-2002, 02:59 PM	#5
B40 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 7,020	Canadians have a different colour for every bill. Wonder why counterfeiting is not a problem in the US. In Canada they had to put holograms on the 20's and larger bills to curtail it. __________________

06-21-2002, 02:43 PM	#3
jreaka Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: California Posts: 1,096	Getting a little nerdy around here!

06-21-2002, 04:53 PM	#6
FrankyW Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 116	As long as it's still green, I don't mind any additives