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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 181 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Canada could have had this...

We use pics of asshole PMs and the Queen instead.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 63 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think at this point in world history we should just stop idolizing people, whoever they are. I love the idea of having animals or cultural symbols in the notes (like canada's leaf, france's eiffel, US's burguers etc)

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 32 points 3 months ago (1 children)

burguers

Made me re-read this whole comment in a thick French accent

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago

How else would the plebes know who their betters are?!

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Australia got glow in the dark dinosaurs.

Ed: wait no Canada got the glow in the dark dinosaurs and Australia got regular non glowing ones.

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know... I kinda like the $5 bill with the astronaut on it.

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Over a badass wolf? Put the astronaut on a coin nobody uses and move on.

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

Compromise: Wolf astronaut.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Animal money is best money!

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago (10 children)
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago

I'm on team bird money but its not my call. The humans ones should also have the names for the sake of uneducated outsiders like me.

[–] Terminarchs@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago

Damn some of these go hard as fuck

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[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 51 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Cool. 1000 MVR is currently about $65 USD.

So for $130 plus the cost of framing, you can display both sides of the currency as art in your house.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

€115

If I have enough money to vacation in the Maldives, this s a reasonable souvenir.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 28 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I have one of these to snort coke with.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

How wholesome :)

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 months ago

USA: Best we can do is droopy-eyed, rich, white, rapist, enslaver men with powdered wigs who by todays standards might be the most unfuckable men who ever lived. Also some illuminati symbols to troll the public about our psuedo-secret bank club full of pedophile extortionists.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That is very beautiful

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Beats any Euro banknote for sure.

[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Beats euro bills. But euro bills aren't bad compared to most. They have color, artwork and growing sizes depending on their value.

My favorite European bill is the Swiss one though.

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[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe whale sharks are even real

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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 12 points 3 months ago

For some reason, I really like having the reverse side being in portrait orientation. I wish more notes were designed that way.

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think our current Swiss ones are pretty neat too:

https://www.snb.ch/en/the-snb/mandates-goals/cash/series-9

The concept winner of the new series was not really my favourite, too much white, but maybe they will tone it back a bit

https://www.snb.ch/en/the-snb/mandates-goals/cash/series-10

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[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

Europe: okay hold my beer with my new bills coming out

[–] HumbleBragger@piefed.social 7 points 3 months ago

Seems like Brazilian currency. We have animals in the notes too and the sea turtle is one of them

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago

You could hold up a turd in that picture background and I'd still think it was a good picture

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"Gimmie a thousand turtles" we'd say, and they'd reply with "I just have a thousand sharks".

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 points 3 months ago

No argument here.

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