Re:Exchanging Old Banknotes
by MrPoush on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @09:50AM
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I visited the UK recently, and I was quite impressed by the accessibility of their banknotes compared to the US ones:
* braille on the notes
* different colors for different denominations
* different sizing for different denominations
The UK notes are far more accessible to the blind and the illiterate, and it becomes basically impossible to accidentally include a £100 note in a stack of £5s.
They also have holographic printing like the US notes, but theirs are full images embedded in transparent windows.
I know that it would be basically impossible for us to do likewise (our currency is designed to be backwards compatible, and the vending industry would probably throw a fit if you changed the size of the bill on them), but one can wish.
* braille on the notes
* different colors for different denominations
* different sizing for different denominations
The UK notes are far more accessible to the blind and the illiterate, and it becomes basically impossible to accidentally include a £100 note in a stack of £5s.
They also have holographic printing like the US notes, but theirs are full images embedded in transparent windows.
I know that it would be basically impossible for us to do likewise (our currency is designed to be backwards compatible, and the vending industry would probably throw a fit if you changed the size of the bill on them), but one can wish.