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I'm sure people in the States have seen the new $20 bills by now. I just got my first ones at the bank the other day and feel compelled to share my reaction.
The front isn't bad... in fact the cool blue eagle over the green fade on the left is pretty cool, though the green fade should be contained within the border instead of going all the way to the edges. The two metallic inks used to print the shield and the lower right "20" are nice. But what were they thinking with the wavy, sans serif "TWENTY USA / USA TWENTY" on the right under "The United States of America"?!
The back is more of a nightmare. Instead of enlosing the white house in a border like they do on the new $10 bill, they've opted for an ugly faded vignette. Barf. And what the hell with all the little yellow "20"s scattered all over the back?
And they didn't even have the courtesy to hide a spider in the webbing like on the $1 bill...
I realize that most of these design gaffs are for anti-counterfitting purposes... but I don't accept that as an excuse for bad design.
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According to the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Small Yellow 20s (yes, they get capitals) are "New Design Features". Exactly what they do it doesn't say.
Oh, and that website also also says this:
quote:Appearing on the front of the note are two new American eagle "symbols of freedom."
Which is strange, because I always thought that the eagle was the symbol of empire, as it was used by the Roman Empire, Napoleon and Hitler. Hardly a "symbol of freedom"...
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I think they're redefining freedom as slavery.
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Crap, I don't care if US money ends up looking like some of the European money, as long as the size stays the same and it spends....
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Finally! Some colour to your money. I don't think I could deal with a wallet full of US money. Its all the same colour! I can look into my wallet and tell by a quick glance at the colours of my bills what denomination they are. Although, the new $5 and $10 bills are a bit whacky. But I am interested in seeing what the new $20 will look like. What do the rest of the Canadians on the board think of the new bills?
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"I can look into my wallet and tell by a quick glance at the colours of my bills what denomination they are."
But, you see, we can read...
The problem I have is that, after they do the $50 and $100 bills, they might do the $5 and $10, and they won't do the $1 (or the $2, but I don't think they've printed those for years, anyway). So, we may end up with three different designs of bills all being "current" designs at the same time. That's just stupid.
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quote:So, we may end up with three different designs of bills all being "current" designs at the same time. That's just stupid.
The government doing something stupid? Such breaking news. Also coming up on the 11 News, the Pope is Catholic, bears defecate in the woods, most Republicans hate the Clintons, and Siegfried spends another weekend home alone masturbating to midget porn after yet another date rejection.
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Topher: "I can look into my wallet and tell by a quick glance at the colours of my bills what denomination they are."
Same here. Also, the size differs in our bills so that makes it even easier. And since we have only four bills (500, 100, 50, 20) and four coins (10, 5, 1, �) there is seldom the "pocketful-of-coins" syndrome here.
Come to think of it, I'm glad we won't get the Euro for another ten years, if just for that aspect.
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