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[pearwaldorf]

So the new 20 was released yesterday, and I am cranky and bitter that I haven't seen ONE in circulation. All the money that the ATM's spit at me is plain old boring green. And even so, apparently the only reason the U.S. Mint even bothered to redesign is because of "security reasons." Good lord, not a bit of imagination in the bunch. It's such a common thing, you'd think they'd take a little more pride in making it presentable aesthetically. For god's sakes, the freaking Canucks have better money than we do. Of course, they also have money with quotes about hockey along with excerpts from "From Flanders Fields,", so. But it's totally great that they've actually incorporated things into the money to help the blind and visually impaired distinguish between their bills, as well as distributing currency readers. Socialism's good for something.

Also, countries that have prettier money than ours (most) can be found here.