New designs for American currency?

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/721294

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Organized by creative strategy consultant Richard Smith, the Dollar ReDe$ign Project is soliciting ideas for the dollar bill of the future. "Our great 'rival', the Euro, looks so spanky in comparison it seems the only clear way to revive this global recession is to rebrand and redesign," the project notes on its website.

Fisher started the project in with the intent of "trying to find a catalyst to restart our economy" he told Fox News. The recent competition is now closed, and voting ends on September 30. "This has touched people's hearts," Fisher said, and "people feel the dollar touches their lives."

The leading vote-getter for this year's competition (pictured below) was submitted by British duo Dowling Duncan, which features a unique vertical design.

Thought this was pretty cool. I think the proposed designs make the currency look a little too much like fake money but the vertical design does make sense. But honestly, I don't think I could take money as seriously as I would if I used these bills.
 
yea, I can see companies and countries saying it now: "I want to invest more into the United States, because their currency is soooo PRETTY". What a joke.
 
The designs look a little partisan...
Is the website a joke? Does anyone seriously think you can end a recession by making money look "spanky?"

Just because some guy thinks more colorful money is an improvement doesn't provide enough reason to spend LOTS of money to make our money look different! (Just think about how it would mess with vending machines!)
 
As a numismatist of over 40 years I can say ONE thing conclusively about our currency: it MUST be changed...I don't care about the color, the designs (although if you look at currency from the 1870 - 1908 time period, you will be STUNNED by the beauty...

The BIG reason it MUST be changed?

The blind can't use it.

The USA is one of VERY few nations in the WORLD to have currency, of all denominations, the same size...unable to be used by the blind.

Not terribly advanced for a global leader.

Just my opinion.

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83
 
Well, you know what they say....If it ain't broke...
 
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