ideas for a new form of U.S. currency?

[Caedus]

Canada has the best currency.

 

[Parity]

Make a circle piece of paper with a 2x2x2 in the middle for 1 dollar.
and 3x3x3 is 5 dollars. and so forth.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Lbs of coffee? Pieces of paper? Magazines? All trading? (to be creative )
Oh, I know!!!
Tissues.

 

[blade740]

An economy based entirely upon sexual favors.

 

[Zarxrax]

An economy based entirely upon sexual favors.

That could really suck, depending on who you are buying from...

No pun intended.

 

[4Chan]

Zarxrax, I saw your name in anime credits for Read or Die OVA.
I thought that was really cool.

To contribute something on topic, I think a tattoo, like in Idiocracy by mister Mike Judge would work.
It was like a debit card on your body at all times.
Similar to that fingerprint that someone mentioned earlier.

 

[Zarxrax]

Zarxrax, I saw your name in anime credits for Read or Die OVA.
I thought that was really cool.

Wow. So many years ago. The fansubs of that still circulate? It must have been like 2002.

 

[4Chan]

Hehe, Indeed it was. (x
That's really cool!
What were the chances. Haha.

 

[DavidWoner]

Entirely digital currency would never take hold. Black markets require untraceable currency (paper cash etc). Even if the government switched over to digital currency another form of payment would emerge.

 

[Kian]

An economy based entirely upon sexual favors.

Welcome to your dreamland.

 

[edd5190]

Eventually, we'll live in a society where children are raised separated from adults and Magic: The Gathering cards will be used as currency for the adults and Yu-Gi-Oh cards will be used by the kids.

 

[Tyson]

Do you know the difference between the gold-backed dollar an a fiat currency?

Do you know why the United States is trying to circulate the $1 coin? (and the hilarious loophole that resulted in their efforts)

Do you know that US currency poses a problem to blind people? And the European Union has solved this problem. That's why the bills are different sizes.

Just a few things to consider.

 

[Thomas09]

Plastic money actually works rather well since it's much stronger, and harder to copy. So like the Aussie notes.

 

[Bryan]

Do you know the difference between the gold-backed dollar an a fiat currency?

Do you know why the United States is trying to circulate the $1 coin? (and the hilarious loophole that resulted in their efforts)

Do you know that US currency poses a problem to blind people? And the European Union has solved this problem. That's why the bills are different sizes.

Just a few things to consider.

Yeah, Tyson's on track here. Unless you're in 4th grade, walking in with cutesy little drawings probably isn't what the teacher wants.

But either way, do your own homework.

 

[irontwig]

So what I have gathered from reading this thread it seems that every single US bill has the same size and colour, that sounds pretty damn stupid to me.

 

[Zarxrax]

So what I have gathered from reading this thread it seems that every single US bill has the same size and colour, that sounds pretty damn stupid to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USDnotes.png
I guess the colors do vary at least somewhat. But thats because every few years they will release a newly designed bill claiming that it has new anti-counterfeiting features.
Of course, as long as they still accept the old bills, how does that even work??

 

[Dene]

Jars of various bodily fluids.

Like WEEWEES or SEMEN?

 

[Ethan Rosen]

So what I have gathered from reading this thread it seems that every single US bill has the same size and colour, that sounds pretty damn stupid to me.

The bills all have different pictures and each contain large numbers with their denominations. There is literally no way for a sighted person to confuse them.

Of course, as long as they still accept the old bills, how does that even work??

The general idea is that the paper bills kind of fade out of circulation in a few years, so a few years later it becomes harder to use the old ones without bringing suspicion. I got stopped at a fast food place a few weeks ago because I paid with an older bill, and they actually had to get a few people to examine it before letting me get my food.

 

[nitrocan]

Bring nothing. That should be the new currency.

 

[miniGOINGS]

I recommend getting rid of the 1c and 5c coins. Those things are worthless.

They are worth 1 and 5 cents, respectively.