currency rede$ign?

[acute collector]

http://dowlingduncan.com/dowling-duncan-redesign-us-bank-notes/

check this out!

what do you all think on this one?

 

[ivan salis]

humm only obama and fdr--our two greatest socialist type (modern democrat type ) presidents ? on the bills --- isn't there a law only dead people can be on us money--no living people allowed on us money?

 

[enamel7]

Hey, if they want to redesign the money used in Monopoly let em.

 

[goldencoin]

humm only obama and fdr--our two greatest soclist type presidents ? on the bills --- isn't therer a law only dead people can be on us money--no living people allowed on us money?

I don't think there is a specific law, the tradition dates back to the revolution when Britain put the reigning monarch on their currency ( and still does). We did not want the president to seem like a monarch by putting them on coins, so we put the human embodiment of Liberty on our coins until 1909 when Lincoln was put on the penny. I think it is an insult to put Obama on our currency and would prefer the non-political Liberty

HH
-GC

 

[FingerGrime]

All I have to say is: lol.

 

[SFBayArea]

humm only obama and fdr--our two greatest soclist type presidents ? on the bills --- isn't therer a law only dead people can be on us money--no living people allowed on us money?

I don't think there is a specific law, the tradition dates back to the revolution when Britain put the reigning monarch on their currency ( and still does). We did not want the president to seem like a monarch by putting them on coins, so we put the human embodiment of Liberty on our coins until 1909 when Lincoln was put on the penny. I think it is an insult to put Obama on our currency and would prefer the non-political Liberty

HH
-GC

Well, at least they didn't put George Bush Jr. on a note..

 

[SFBayArea]

Those bill designs look terrible by the way. They look like tickets for some event. I really liked the way the old bills looked before they decided to put up giants faces on the bills.

 

[Bigj5731]

Is this a joke? If these are printed that means my monopoly money has value. I better start printing more so I can b rich. These bills are a joke.

-bigJ

 

[werleibr]

Neat thought, but I agree. They do look like monopoly money, besides, the design looks way to easy to conterfit. And the different size bills? I like them all the same size, because when i pull the wallet out all anyone can see no matter how i open it up is one dollar bills. I hid the larger bills in the middle so now one can scope how much i am carring. Works wonders on vacation!

 

[FingerGrime]

Obediah would have a field day with this article.

 

[cyberdan]

keeping it clean

dumb, ugly, dumb, stupid and did I say dumb?

every bill changer in the country would have to be replaced.

my pockets would bulge with halves as I would never accept or spend a $1 doller note.

Great way to get halves back into circulation.

 

[jim4silver]

Looks to me like this has absolutely nothing to do with the US Mint or Treasury. Per the article, it is some type of contest to design currency.

Jim

 

[battlecat]

keeping it clean

dumb, ugly, dumb, stupid and did I say dumb?

every bill changer in the country would have to be replaced.

my pockets would bulge with halves as I would never accept or spend a $1 doller note.

Great way to get halves back into circulation.

I like the way you think

 

[AGCoinHunter]

That Obama note would look good on my TP roller in my bathroom, but I digress.

 

[timbobwey]

Not liking those, they look like huge ugly postage stamps

 

[jeff of pa]

this is a Bad Joke right ?

Or are they trying to get everyone to ask for Dollar Coins
for change ?