In a sharing mood...

Thank you for sharing that Gideon. The money there is so pretty. Why can't our money be nice like that? lol Atleast i can say i know what the money looks like from Brazil now. lol :browani:

 

Turkey used to be like that... £1 was worth almost 2 000 000 lira... it got so nobody bothered writing the last set of zeroes, so your bill for a cup of Turkish coffee and a pastry in a cafe in Istanbul (not Constantinople) would come saying "4 000" but what they meant was "4 000 000", or 2 quid.

It could be worse. Britain used to have non-decimal money, so you'd have £1 (one pound), which was divided into 20 s (shillings), and each s was divided into 12 d... prices would read £2-3s-2d. and be read as "Two pounds, three and twopence," or be written as 10/6, "ten and sixpence".

To make it more complicated, there was a guinea, which was £1-1s-0d; a crown, which was 10/0; a half-crown, which was 5/0; a florin, which was 2/0; a double florin, which was 4/0; a halfpenny, which was of course half a penny; and a farthing, which was a quarter of a penny.

 

That's a fractions nightmare waiting to happen--hope you paid attention in middle school math. j/k

 

I never really liked learning fractions.

It seemed confusing at first. But eventually, it was simple (once my teacher gave us several examples).

 

Man all our money is, is nasty green oh well.

 

Gideon,

Awesome pictures, very artistic money. You are a very creative thinker and I am becoming a big fan. Thanks for spicing up the forum.

WA'ers are the best!! :highclap: :highclap:

Steve

 

I like that money. You are right, all our money is boring and green in the US

 

The Euro tends to be very colorful and each European Monetary Union member issues their own Euro coins with a diagram unique to their country:

http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section.html
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/testnotes.html
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/euro0.html
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/recog.html
http://www.euro.ecb.int/en/section/euro.html

 

Our money isn't green for long... the new $10 is more orange and yellow than green... I hate it, it's like they finally decided to put some colour on there and they pick the ugliest colours possible.

 

I think colored money is a good idea, altho it would be nice to have some nice colors, ones that aren't neon.

I think that would also clear up that confusion of "I gave you a $20" (instead of a 10, or 5, whatever the case may be) I know that seems so simple, but when I worked at Walmart(aka HELL), on super busy days, especially this time of the year, with the holiday's and what not, it wasn't that hard to grab a bill, and get things mixed up after so many customers.


~*Ash*~

 

... at which point they get all up in your and make you count out your drawer while everyone behind them in line stares daggers at you, etc.

 

When I worked at 7-11 in college they made us lay the bills the customer gave us sideways on top of the open drawer while we made change. If there was any dispute it was clear what was given because it was never put in with all the other bills until the customer left the counter.

 

hey, i like green, money.

 

Who doesn't? We all love bucks

 

Canada has new bills now... the $5 is purple, the $10 is blue, the $20 is red... they use coins for 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, $1 and $2... I wish our government would get rid of the ing dollar bills already.

 

The same has been the case with the Euro since its inception in 2002. You have (all in Eurocents): 1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, 1 Euro and 2 Euro coins before moving onto the €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500 (Euro) bills.

 

But... I've only heard that it would be hard to tip a Stripper with a Dollar-Piece!!! Where would ya put it??? It'd just fall out!!! I would have no first-hand knowledge of this... of course!!!:browani:

I likes the almighty Dollar Bill!!!:biggrin:

 

I think we need to get rid of the 1 cent coins and just round when using cash transactions.

I'm not so sure about losing the $1 bill. It's harder to carry 10 of them in your wallet. I don't carry coins b/c they fall out.

 

I once saw a "dancer" at a bachelor party that could pick up quarters. I think the dollar coin may increase talent in this field of work.

-Jay

 

I concur this point!!!:O

 

I am all for them furthering their talents & honing in on their skills- professionally speaking!!! (yeah right!!!)

 

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl:

 

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You guys are so bad.

 

Thank You. We try awfully hard to be this bad.

-Jay

 

Concurred my man!!! It's almost a full-time job for me!!!:browani:

 

Bring back the $2 bill. You'll get more out of the stripper if you tip her a $2 bill instead of flinging pieces of rock at her head.

(For the record, yes, they tip strippers with $5 bills <the smallest thing available> in Canada.)

 

I have some first-hand knowledge of this fact!!! My Bachelor Party was in Montreal, Quebec, where my Wife is from!!! Lots o cash was laid out in the strippy bars!!!:browani: ahhhh good times were had by all!!!:lmao:

 

Yeah, but $5 Canadian is worth about $2 US. Maybe the dancers are better in Canada? I've never been there so I can't say so.

Jay