Sun Tzu Posted September 19, 2010 Member ID: 542 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1628 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 11299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2014 Birthday: 03/01/1975 Share Posted September 19, 2010 – Fri Sep 17, 5:24 pm ET The American dollar is in bad need of a makeover. Thanks to the Dollar ReDe$ign Project, we may now have some options. Organized by creative strategy consultant Richard Smith, the Dollar ReDe$ign Project is soliciting ideas for the dollar bill of the future. "Our great 'rival', the Euro, looks so spanky in comparison it seems the only clear way to revive this global recession is to rebrand and redesign," the project notes on its website. Fisher started the project in with the intent of "trying to find a catalyst to restart our economy" he told Fox News. The recent competition is now closed, and voting ends on September 30. "This has touched people's hearts," Fisher said, and "people feel the dollar touches their lives." The leading vote-getter for this year's competition (pictured below) was submitted by British duo Dowling Duncan, which features a unique vertical design. Why a vertical format? "When we researched how notes are used we realized people tend to handle and deal with money vertically rather than horizontally," they note on the Dollar ReDe$ign Project's website. "You tend to hold a wallet or purse vertically when searching for notes. The majority of people hand over notes vertically when making purchases. All machines accept notes vertically. Therefore a vertical note makes more sense." Mark Gartland submitted the entry below, entitled "America Today." The $50 bill features (pictured below) Sacagawea, the native American Indian who acted as Lewis and Clark's interepreter and guide. Noting the "cosmetic drabness" of the current dollar bill, Gartland selected various historical icons from including Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and President Obama to represent the "diverse fabric" of the U.S. Self-taught web designer Sean Flanagan submitted "Moving Forward, Looking Back," (below) which hews to many of "base color, size and orientation" of the classic dollar bill, but offers more than a few pleasant upgrades. Flanagan also utilized only American-designed typefaces and says his design would require at least "three different layers of solid ink," a preemptive strike against counterfeiting. If these money makeovers weren't enough, The Dollar ReDe$ign Project has even circulated a petition to get the U.S. government to seriously consider their ideas. Which of these designs is your favorite? IN PHOTOS: View More Amazing New Designs For The Dollar Bill Here. RELATED: Recently revamped $100 bill incorporates incredible technology FCK Obama keep his ass off our money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeAyeRon Posted September 19, 2010 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Share Posted September 19, 2010 looks like were a few years behin the euro lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
HarryWeezer Posted September 19, 2010 Member ID: 20166 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7654 Content Per Day: 1.96 Reputation: 7229 Achievement Points: 53674 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 02:59 PM Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted September 19, 2010 What we need to do is get rid of the dollar bill and replace it with a coin. We currently are minting dollar coins - the latest in a succession of failed dollar coin ventures - that are being warehoused because no one will use them. Vendors don't want them because it means they have to redo a shitload of machines. But the main reason we have haven't switched to coins is because at the same time, the gov't continues printing the dollar bill. Set a date certain when bills are out and coins are in, and we won't have to carry a shitload of bills in our pockets. Likewise, dump the frickin' penny - PLEASE. I refuse to save or roll them. When I get pennies in change, I throw them away when I leave the store. It's simply not worth my time to screw with them, and it actually costs taxpayers more to coin them then they are worth. PS: If that scum-sucking communist cocksucker we have in the Oval Office EVER appears on U.S. currency, I'm moving to Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
sgtsmellyfinger Posted September 20, 2010 Member ID: 193 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 60 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 382 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 11/30/1967 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Where is "IN GOD WE TRUST" ? Just my two cents. If that is omitted in our new money "FAIL" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St33l Posted September 20, 2010 Member ID: 212 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 844 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 57 Achievement Points: 5154 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 4, 2017 Birthday: 12/02/1987 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Obama absolutely doesn't deserve to be on our dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Asylumn Posted September 20, 2010 Member ID: 809 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 251 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2836 Content Per Day: 0.53 Reputation: 1018 Achievement Points: 20381 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 06/25/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted September 20, 2010 SgtHarryWeezer What we need to do is get rid of the dollar bill and replace it with a coin. We currently are minting dollar coins - the latest in a succession of failed dollar coin ventures - that are being warehoused because no one will use them. Vendors don't want them because it means they have to redo a shitload of machines. But the main reason we have haven't switched to coins is because at the same time, the gov't continues printing the dollar bill. Set a date certain when bills are out and coins are in, and we won't have to carry a shitload of bills in our pockets. Likewise, dump the frickin' penny - PLEASE. I refuse to save or roll them. When I get pennies in change, I throw them away when I leave the store. It's simply not worth my time to screw with them, and it actually costs taxpayers more to coin them then they are worth. PS: If that scum-sucking communist cocksucker we have in the Oval Office EVER appears on U.S. currency, I'm moving to Canada. when I was in scotland I loved the fact that there were 1 and 2 pd coins the gold inlay was cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cobryis_XI Posted September 20, 2010 Member ID: 237 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 9 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 534 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 16 Achievement Points: 3189 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 8, 2016 Birthday: 10/17/1992 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I like the idea of a verticle design, but those don't look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted September 20, 2010 Member ID: 1683 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 53 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 347 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 07/18/1996 Share Posted September 20, 2010 These bills look horrible. For one they look much easier to counterfeit and are mug less detailed or artistic then our current bill. I don't want to spend an obama I want to spend that guy who is on the 1$ because he probably did more things then obama ever did correct. And this would set the government back even more because it would require different machinery. This is all an attempt by obama to try and put himself in the history books. I don't think in god we trust should even be on anything American. This is the land of the free. Or atleast it was free. Every day there are new restrictions that have no positive effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted September 20, 2010 Member ID: 1683 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 53 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 347 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/11/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 07/18/1996 Share Posted September 20, 2010 The second group looks better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kswift420 Posted September 20, 2010 Member ID: 1071 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 22 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 879 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 261 Achievement Points: 5414 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 5, 2017 Birthday: 12/29/1974 Share Posted September 20, 2010 if they put obama on THE DOLLAR BILL i'm moving to canada!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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