[nfb-talk] Paper Money

Thu Nov 30 15:29:49 CST 2006

Hi Heather, I love the idea about plastic money in Austria.
If The Federal Reserve Bank issued money in plastic The United States would 
be better off.
Different lengths sounds good to me.

Kenneth Chrane
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> It is specially developed plastic which Australia provides to other
> countries who also use it to print their currency. It does not melt
> under extremely high heat conditions. I have seen money left in a
> wallet on the seat of a car in over 100 degree heat and after a whole
> day it was not affected at all. It is unaffected by being put through
> the dryer and I have had friends run an iron over clothes and then
> discover a note in a pocket unharmed. I don't know specifics about
> heat ratings but I haven't seen any conditions of normal use where the
> money wasn't highly durable. It's even very hard to rip.
>
> Regards,
>
> Heather Field
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> How does the money hold up if it is plastic in the sun?
>
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>> Mike!
>> On what do you base your comment that other countries are not more
>> advanced with their currency technology than America? Have you lived
>> and worked in other countries and had the opportunity to see just
>> how
>> truly archaic your American currency really is?
>>
>> I have had such an opportunity and I assure you the American
>> currency
>> system is pitiful.
>> In Australia, for example, the notes are made of highly durable
>> plastic. This makes them virtually indestructible in the course of
>> normal usage and getting washed and dried doesn't  effect them. They
>> have holograms and transparent sections on the notes which makes
>> them
>> almost impossible to counterfeit. the notes are different sizes but
>> they vary in length only. The $5 is the first note denomination. The
>> $10 is 5 millimetres longer than the 5, the 20 is 10 longer than the
>> $5 and so on. A simple tactile measuring device, the same size as a
>> folded bank note, fits in your wallet or purse and is provided free
>> by
>> banks. Deaf blind people can  use the measuring device. Because
>> plastic is used to make the notes, bright colours have been used to
>> distinguish them from each other easily.
>> This means everybody benefits because they are very easy to tell
>> apart, even in dimly lit environments like night clubs.
>> Finally, they have 1 and 2 dollar coins which does away with that
>> horrific stack of 1 dollar bills filling up one's purse or wallet,
>> and
>> they do not use 1 or 2 cent pieces. They simply round up or down.
>> Convenience for blind people had nothing to do with the government's
>> decision to overall the currency system in Australia over 10 years
>> ago
>> but the blind were invited to participate in the process and were
>> able
>> to give valuable input about colour contrast and coin design so that
>> the currency was independently usable by blind people by the time
>> the
>> process was completed.
>> So. While I agree that the ACB's way of going about currency change
>> is
>> deplorable and is likely to cause very real problems as well as
>> reinforcing false stereotypes of the blind, I also believe that the
>> American currency system is long overdue for a move into the twenty
>> first century. Most change involving infrastructure costs money but,
>> in the long run, this currency update will save a great deal of
>> money
>> as well as time for all who use it.
>> Best,
>>
>> Heather Field
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 2:37 PM
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>>
>> Who said the other countries were more progressive? I happen not to
>> think
>> so. (grin)
>>
>> And consider this: a money identifier doesn't cost much more than a
>> XBox-360.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Sekhon, Harmeet" <Harmeet_Sekhon at cable.comcast.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:26 AM
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>>
>>
>> Okay,
>>
>>
>>
>> So I've seen good reasons why changing paper currency would have
>> some
>> huge negative impact.  But the idea about just using a bill reader;
>> well
>> that sounds too much like "let them eat cake" to me.  Does anyone
>> else
>> see that?
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm the blind parent of a blind kid.  Of course I want there to be
>> real
>> improvements to solutions to real barriers in my son's life as he
>> grows
>> up.  Changing paper money isn't very high on that list of
>> priorities.
>> But are we less progressive in this country than they are in others
>> because of this?  Maybe.
>>
>>
>>
>> Harmeet
>>
>>
>>
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