$5 dollar bill goes purple!
 

The five dollar bill just got a face lift and goes into circulation today.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/...e_us/new_money

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ugghhh. First the 10, now the 5.

With the dollar falling to shit, they waste their time making a new $5?

good .. all one color currency is a p.i.t.a

I agree and I like purple. The $20 is next.

The $20 was first. The $100 is next.

People in other countries have had multicolored currency for years. Australia even has a hologram. It's a way to combat counterfeit money and I think it's a good idea. Now we need to make the bills different sizes. It's interesting talking to someone who is sight impaired from a different country and they ask how someone sight impaired from the US knows the difference in denominations. I'm not sure how they do that :(

Of course the problem is that there is still so much of the "old" currency out there so people can still counterfeit and get away with it.

Should have went pink.

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http://www.groenlinkszuidholland.nl/..._biljetten.jpg

the greenback is slowly fading away (in many respects)

purple fives area great idea it should all be purple in a perfect world he he that would make me very happy

What are you trying to prove by posting your life savings?

hmm looks a bit wierd but wtv

Now they look and spend just like pesos.

still not as gay as european money

i hate the multi sized notes, like pounds for instance. Visually impaired should have braille embedded on the notes

argggggggh - why the fuck would they do that - everything about the United States is falling apart. while the rest of the world went with gay fruity colored monopoly money the US stayed all green.

what's next - the metric system :helpme

Hahaha - that was funny ;o)

They actually want much more colors in US currency because it's harder to counterfeit. The problem is if they went and out right changed it, it would hurt the value of the currency around the world. (not that that really matters at this point) So they are slowly changing it with baby steps.

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It's about time y'all livened up your boring green money. A splash of color will sure help me when I try to tell the difference in your bills in the dark http://www.iconwild.com/smilies/thum...smiley-002.gif

Now you guys can't make fun of our colored money :P

I can't wait to see one

Sounds like you live a very exciting life. :1orglaugh:thumbsup

If only the value would return... lolz

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With the exchange rates today thats like 3 mill USD. :upsidedow

Oh the irony!
How many times have I heard Americanos making fun of our money because all the bills are different colours? Sure, making all your bills the same colour is somehow a better idea ?!?! No one ever explained why ... just gave that "Duh, because we're American, that's why" look

ha ha ha

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Next will come 1 and 2 dollar coins

We have tried $1 coins at least 3 different times. It never works.

Personally I think we should get rid of the freaking penny.....

I agree! Everytime I go the the USA I always ALWAYS end up with like $5 worth of pennies! People in stores just give me pennies in change when the could give me nickels or whatever the 5 cent coin is called.

Normally I leave it all for the maid :P

Security strip in 5s and 100s were in the same spot. Bleach a fiver, use the paper to print a hundie.

its the first step in getting us accustomed to using the worlds new currency

the euro

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Nice to see the Federal Reserve finally catch up with countries that have been doing this for decades.. good for them. lol.

How long until the USD is used as toilet paper?

Ewww... That big purple 5 on the back doesn't go with anything.

Nice one :thumbsup :1orglaugh

First off, what a bite of Canadian dollars!

Second, a lot of Americans are against bills being different colors... why? It was a stupid fucking decision on the first place to make them all look exactly the same.

pity it's not worth the paper it's printed on :2 cents:

RIP greenback

The Euro has terrible notes. The size of the bills is ridiculously large and wide. I remember when travelling through Eastern Europe I went to change some of Euro's to local currency, and because of the size of the notes they had been sticking out the side of my wallet and the shitty paper they are made of ripped easily and the currency trader didn't want to accept them. Not sure how many other countries implement the plastic type notes, but they are by far the best. Couldn't rip them if you tried.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/...4f4d37e4ec.jpg

nice now i wont confuse that 50 for a 5 when im paying at mcdonalds

colorful money

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the bills are still shit.. still way behind Australia in making decent money :)