Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830713); site erix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcvax!enea!erix!robert From: robert@erix.UUCP (Robert Virding) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Paper Money Message-ID: <246@erix.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 09:13:31 EST Article-I.D.: erix.246 Posted: Mon Feb 6 09:13:31 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 22:16:08 EST References: <1168@aluxz.UUCP> <795@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: L M Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden Lines: 14 > >> In addition to denominations of paper currency that are uniquely > >> colored, why not also have them uniquely sized or shaped? Perhaps that > >> would be a help to blind people. It might also reduce mistakes made by > >> retailers. > > That is already routinely done in many countries, including West Germany, > where no two denominations resemble one another in either size OR color. I have always thought that the normal way is to have different colours AND different sizes of paper curency and that the US was an exception. So far I have not been to any country with the same size and colour bills! Another feature that can be alot of help is to have different shaped coins, eg. octagon or with a whole in the middle.