MetaFilter posts tagged with currency and bills

Does Your Money Have Wings?

taz — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:44:24 -0800

A cool idea, and a fun allegory: Bird and butterfly collages made with old bank notes (two pages, horizontal scrolling). Click the images to view larger versions and see the notes that were used (scroll down). More here without the note source info.

Martin on the Money

Vidiot — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:56:18 -0800

Put MLK on the $20 Bill. Conservatives have clamored to put Ronald Reagan on the dime or the $10 bill. One outfit wants to name something after Reagan in each of the US's counties. Why not put one of "the greatest moral leaders of the 20th century" on one of our most commonly used pieces of currency instead? (Better to have King on the $20 than Andrew Jackson, whose unconstitutional Indian Removal policy created the "Trail of Tears.")

Queerer than a $3 bill...

meep — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 13:03:47 -0800

Behold the fuzzback! The new $20 bill comes out today, with its peachy background stripe. For a little perspective in how far we've come, Check out U.S. Currency from the past. The largest denomination paper U.S. currency (for bank transfers in the day before electronic money) to the a small denomination in paper (payable in gold dust). The smallest I could find is a 2-cent bill issued by a druggist.

A peek at the new $20 bill

FearTormento — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 13:16:52 -0800

Some Action for Jackson A peek at the new $20 bill that will be dropped into circulation Oct. 9.

Ugly and not so ugly money

pedantic — Sun, 06 Jul 2003 19:27:40 -0800

Ugly money : burnt bills, Santa singles, good time greenbacks, bodacious bum bucks and then some. On a related but cool note, conceptual currency.