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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 138 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Canada could have had this...

We use pics of asshole PMs and the Queen instead.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 49 points 5 days 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 5 days ago (1 children)

burguers

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

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)
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[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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 5 days ago

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

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Compromise: Wolf astronaut.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Animal money is best money!

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago (10 children)
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days 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 5 days ago

Damn some of these go hard as fuck

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[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 38 points 5 days 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 5 days ago

€115

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

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 days 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 5 days ago (4 children)

I have one of these to snort coke with.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago

How wholesome :)

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 days 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

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

i think they did tone it back. the first impression on the previous ones was "oh my god that's so many colors". the second batch seem to make them toned down to a primary and a secondary color for each. i like them more.

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

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

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 10 points 5 days ago

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

That is very beautiful

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

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

[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days 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

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I can't believe whale sharks are even real

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[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Beats any Euro banknote for sure.

[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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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[–] HumbleBragger@piefed.social 5 points 5 days ago

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

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago

No argument here.

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

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

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

A face so beautiful only a mother could love it

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[–] chahn.chris@piefed.social 5 points 5 days 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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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

They make it real pretty so people don't realize it's a worthless piece of paper used for the violent control of humanity.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

[–] Pattylay@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Maldives mentioned

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