[Blindtlk] FW: FNC Alert

[Mike Freeman]

Angie:

Holes in bills to indicate denomination? Just punch more holes. Tactile 
dots? Just punch some more. The only thing that might be more foolproof 
would be differently-sized bills and I really truly don't think that will 
fly over here; nor do I think the Treasury will retool for plastic as 
Heather says Ausie currency is. The vending industry is a lot bigger than we 
are.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <angie at mpmail.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: FNC Alert


Hi Mike,

Thanks for the bit of levity. However, you did not answer my question: why 
do you think this will make money easier to counterfeit? This is independent 
of what is happening in other countries, except that other countries have 
found
ways with which they are satisfied.

Eagerly awaiting your reply,

Angie

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:43:00 -0800, Mike Freeman wrote:

>Conditions in other countries may be quite different from those in ours,
>i.e., people may handle Euros more gently than we do GW's. Additionally, we
>do not know the replacement schedule of the other countries' currencies or
>the Euro.

>Half-facetiously, I wonder whether other counrties' less-than-sterling
>citizens use Euros to smoke crack?

>Mike

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Angie Matney" <angie at mpmail.net>
>To: "NFBnet Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:05 PM
>Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] FW: FNC Alert


>Mike said:

>>I'm sorry but I believe that tactile features won't survive very long in
>>the
>>real world. And I believe they would be more easily faked than current
>>currency can be.

>They seem to have survived all right in other countries. Can you give the
>reasons behind this statement? I'm genuinely curious.

>angie





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