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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 139 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Canada could have had this...

We use pics of asshole PMs and the Queen instead.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 49 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I think at this point in world history we should just stop idolizing people, whoever they are. I love the idea of having animals or cultural symbols in the notes (like canada's leaf, france's eiffel, US's burguers etc)

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

burguers

Made me re-read this whole comment in a thick French accent

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)
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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Australia got glow in the dark dinosaurs.

Ed: wait no Canada got the glow in the dark dinosaurs and Australia got regular non glowing ones.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

How else would the plebes know who their betters are?!

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know... I kinda like the $5 bill with the astronaut on it.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 8 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Over a badass wolf? Put the astronaut on a coin nobody uses and move on.

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 weeks ago

Compromise: Wolf astronaut.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

Animal money is best money!

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[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 38 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Cool. 1000 MVR is currently about $65 USD.

So for $130 plus the cost of framing, you can display both sides of the currency as art in your house.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago

€115

If I have enough money to vacation in the Maldives, this s a reasonable souvenir.

[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago (10 children)
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

I'm on team bird money but its not my call. The humans ones should also have the names for the sake of uneducated outsiders like me.

[–] Terminarchs@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 weeks ago

Damn some of these go hard as fuck

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 weeks ago

USA: Best we can do is droopy-eyed, rich, white, rapist, enslaver men with powdered wigs who by todays standards might be the most unfuckable men who ever lived. Also some illuminati symbols to troll the public about our psuedo-secret bank club full of pedophile extortionists.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I have one of these to snort coke with.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 weeks ago

How wholesome :)

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That explains all the holes in your brain!

[–] robotica@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Username does not check out

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

That is very beautiful

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 10 points 4 weeks ago

For some reason, I really like having the reverse side being in portrait orientation. I wish more notes were designed that way.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 8 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Beats any Euro banknote for sure.

[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (4 children)

Beats euro bills. But euro bills aren't bad compared to most. They have color, artwork and growing sizes depending on their value.

My favorite European bill is the Swiss one though.

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't believe whale sharks are even real

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I think our current Swiss ones are pretty neat too:

https://www.snb.ch/en/the-snb/mandates-goals/cash/series-9

The concept winner of the new series was not really my favourite, too much white, but maybe they will tone it back a bit

https://www.snb.ch/en/the-snb/mandates-goals/cash/series-10

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[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

STFU, you're going to make this a challenge for the orange one to put more of his face everywhere thinking it's "beautiful"

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

A face so beautiful only a mother could love it

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

This pic reminds me of Capt Pike from the Star Trek pilot.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That character is from the initially-unaired pilot ("The Cage"), but that shot is from "The Menagerie" - a 2-part episode from the first season that re-used scenes from The Cage as flashbacks.

They had Pike injured and in the wheelchair so they could use makeup and the "beep" communications to disguise the fact that the actor playing him was different in the newly-filmed scenes versus those from the flashbacks.

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[–] HumbleBragger@piefed.social 5 points 4 weeks ago

Seems like Brazilian currency. We have animals in the notes too and the sea turtle is one of them

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

"Gimmie a thousand turtles" we'd say, and they'd reply with "I just have a thousand sharks".

[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Most beautiful of all, so far!

Just wait till big daddy T gets his face on the 1,000 USD bill.

The beauty then will be euge!

/s (also sorry for ruining an otherwise nice post but I couldn’t resist. Feel free to downvote this into oblivion)

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago

Europe: okay hold my beer with my new bills coming out

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago

You could hold up a turd in that picture background and I'd still think it was a good picture

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 4 weeks ago

No argument here.

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

Curaçao and Sint Maarten's Caribbean guilder, especially the obverse sides, are also beautiful: https://www.global-currency.com/currency-news/cbcs-reveal-of-the-caribbean-guilder-frame-at-1m22ss.jpg

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Maldives mentioned

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