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[img]http://aseemrastogi2.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/2495254548_4005565aea.jpg[/img] The currency with the most zeroes is victorious

[QUOTE=Recurracy;32976057]Credit cards? You're using them to access your money.[/QUOTE] No, a credit card's basically an I.O.U. A debit cad would be a better analogy, as you use it to direly access your savings.

[QUOTE=Sumap;32976127]No, a credit card's basically an I.O.U. A debit cad would be a better analogy, as you use it to direly access your savings.[/QUOTE] Did you know that paper money served as essentially an I.O.U. for precious metals?

Forints are cool [img]http://www.felsofokon.hu/sites/default/files/users/hszilvi86/images/ma-65-eves-a-forint-10452.jpg[/img] (ignore the 200Ft banknote, it has been replaced by a coin) [img]http://balaton.vehir.hu/fajlok/kepek/cikkek/tartalom/2009/11/11/1566.jpg[/img]

I suppose if the see-through part was the shape of a triangle then these focus groups would be complaining it looks like a penis? [editline]27th October 2011[/editline] ITT: Show off your nation's currency.

US currency are different colors. They're not very saturated though - more like pastel hues. It's very subtle. Saturated colors on money look juvenile anyway. Maybe it's a culture thing.

[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;32963066]You mean people thought our money didn't already look like Monopoly money? Because as a Canadian I've been making fun of them by saying that for years(love our colorful money btw), heck I thought Americans loved to make fun of our money by calling them Monopoly money.[/QUOTE] Here in Michigan near the borders we call it 'Funny Money' lol

[QUOTE=The golden;32978554]If the American economy keeps heading in the direction it's going, pretty soon we'll be calling American money "worthless". :v:[/QUOTE] Lol I have to agree, good thing I live on the border and my family is Canadian with citizenships :v: Got my passport on my drivers permit, enhanced drivers permit lets me get over the bridges and borders so fucking fast, dunno what states have that other then Michigan [quote=Wiki]Enhanced: Issued to US Citizens in Washington, Vermont, Michigan, and New York, also proves nationality in addition to driving privileges. An EDL is a WHTI compliant document, acceptable for re-entering the United States via land and sea crossings from Canada or Mexico or the Caribbean. A U.S. Passport, birth certificate, or another document proving citizenship is required to apply for this type of license. Motorcycle and commercial driver's licenses (see below) usually can also be issued as enhanced.[/quote]

Swedish 1000 kr bills are king and viking. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jqh5f5sGwoQ/TZwLCAtz7BI/AAAAAAAAG3s/jAyVl_Mijks/s1600/tusenlapp.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Paravin;32972921][img]http://nekrize.lv/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/nauda-lati.jpg[/img] motha fuckin lats[/QUOTE] Those are [i]really[/i] nice notes, but they need a little less white space.

[QUOTE=Beaverlake;32979071]Swedish 1000 kr bills are king and viking. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jqh5f5sGwoQ/TZwLCAtz7BI/AAAAAAAAG3s/jAyVl_Mijks/s1600/tusenlapp.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] money facial hair victory

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ff4lr.jpg[/IMG] British money is pretty cool, we have Darwin on our £10.

I like Brazilian money. Same consistency on touch as the USD, same shape, but color coded. [img]http://www.pilgrimways.com/window/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/brazil-real.jpg[/img]

Australian money [img]http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50252_294560728368_4543045_n.jpg[/img] is best money.

[QUOTE=Paravin;32972921][img]http://nekrize.lv/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/nauda-lati.jpg[/img] motha fuckin lats[/QUOTE] Ah the lats, money so expensive they couldn't even afford to take a shot of 50 and 100 notes.

[QUOTE=Contag;32976691]Did you know that paper money served as essentially an I.O.U. for precious metals?[/QUOTE] For the U.S at least, isn't this not true after FDR took us off the Gold Standard, thus not tying them to that liability?

[QUOTE=DoctorSalt;32982664]For the U.S at least, isn't this not true after FDR took us off the Gold Standard, thus not tying them to that liability?[/QUOTE] Yeah, this is the case now (everywhere?) with fiat money. I meant historically, when paper notes were literally promissory notes and you had to produce the precious metals within a reasonable time period if requested.

[QUOTE=Contag;32982985]Yeah, this is the case now (everywhere?) with fiat money. I meant historically, when paper notes were literally promissory notes and you had to produce the precious metals within a reasonable time period if requested.[/QUOTE] That was at least true good sir. I think basically every country is off the standard now though.