Comments on: A Potential Future US Currency Design

By: FZ

FZ — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:34:00 +0000

That looks amazing. Such large use of black might be too costly in ink though… When you are printing trillions and trillions per second, it can add up. (print more money to pay for costs…)

There is going to be a redesigned 100 coming out Feb? With the hologram and ink well. I would love to have the all black money though.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:33:00 +0000

Well that was sexist.

By: Vesj55

Vesj55 — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:01:00 +0000

I have been to Europe and their paper currency looks like this and is very colorful. This rendition reminds me of those nation’s currency. I like the look.

By: Kidd

Kidd — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:39:00 +0000

While in Germany, one good point was made for the different size notes: it’s easier for the blind to know how much money they have in their hand. If we ever go this route, it will be a result of an ADA action.

Yes, larger denomination coins would make coins in general more useful. As it is now, coins are just a fun thing for my son to drop into his piggy bank. I don’t like change jingling in my pocket, so I usually don’t use cash anyways.

By: Vertimyst

Vertimyst — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:04:00 +0000

I like the look of those mockups a lot. Very modern. One issue I have with them though, is that nowhere do they say ‘In God We Trust’. Instead, on the back they say ‘Trust in Reason’. US bills have always said the former, and I don’t think that should ever change. To remove it now might be seen as pushing away (in a sense) those of us (like myself) who believe in a God. I do believe that we have a right to believe what we want, but still, removing it now still seems wrong. Kind of edging along breaking the first amendment, which ironically is printed on the back of the bill.

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:07:00 +0000

Euro banknotes come in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 denominations. Each is a different size with 5 being physically smallest and 500 largest. Denominations under 5 are only in coins, which makes perfect sense, because anything that’s supposed to go in a vending machine should be coin-only.

I don’t agree with differing sizes of notes (yes, that is annoying), but I do wish we had far wider use of one-dollar coins. Two-dollar coins would be nice also, much the same way there are 1 and 2-euro coins.

By: Kidd

Kidd — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:41:00 +0000

Whatever the Treasury Department does, I hope they remember the importance of maintaining the size of the bill. The back side image looks like the bill has a more elongated shape than current bills. Is it thinner, or longer than the old bills?

Either way, the bill needs to maintain the same width to remain compatible with the millions of machines that take bills right now. The length shouldn’t change too much, as wallets are made to fit our bills the way they are. Have you seen the size difference between a 5 euro and a 100 euro? I always found that annoying. A 500 euro? You have to fold it to fit it in your wallet.

By: richtea

richtea — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:49:00 +0000

The issue is not what it looks like but what it can buy. Debasement of the currency has been palpable. Value is key, never mind the catwalk. If you package a disaster, it still remains just that, so what is the point? Vanity, sheer vanity.

By: David

David — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:35:00 +0000

If it really helps prevent counterfeiting, I’m 100% for it. That, however, remains to be seen.

I am 100% against spending one red cent redesigning our money for aesthetics reasons. That’s just ridiculous to say.

Our government is bad enough. No reason for them to start acting like a woman who needs to buy new shoes because the old ones are “out of style”.

By: Rich

Rich — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:23:00 +0000

Valid points, all of them – except for the part about coins.

My single largest gripe about US coin currency is that we don’t use it enough, mainly because the denominations don’t go up high enough. All we ever use coins for are for toll gates, purchasing anything under a one-dollar note, or to not break a note (ex: You’d rather pay $4.57 using a five-note and 57 cents of coins to get a 1-note back instead of taking coin change by using a single five-note).

I’d welcome the introduction of 5-dollar and 10-dollar coins. This would give people reason to use 1-dollar coins rather than just for collector’s purposes.

In fact I’d even welcome it if vending machines could accept 1-dollar Susan B. coins such as if you wanted to purchase a bottle of soda that costs $1.25. Instead of dealing with the paper note readers that don’t work right half the time, all that’s required is two coins, a Susan B and a 25-cent, done deal.

I am a fan of coins, but anything over a quarter-dollar is basically unusable. That needs to change (pun intended).