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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 180 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Canada could have had this...

We use pics of asshole PMs and the Queen instead.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 62 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

burguers

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

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Compromise: Wolf astronaut.

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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Animal money is best money!

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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago (10 children)
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Damn some of these go hard as fuck

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[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 51 points 1 month 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 29 points 1 month ago

€115

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

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 28 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I have one of these to snort coke with.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

How wholesome :)

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That is very beautiful

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Beats any Euro banknote for sure.

[–] blackbeans@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't believe whale sharks are even real

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[–] USSEthernet@startrek.website 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

STFU, you're going to make this a challenge for the orange one to put more of his face everywhere thinking it's "beautiful"

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A face so beautiful only a mother could love it

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This pic reminds me of Capt Pike from the Star Trek pilot.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That character is from the initially-unaired pilot ("The Cage"), but that shot (and actor) is from "The Menagerie" - a 2-part episode from the first season that re-used scenes from The Cage as flashbacks.

They had Pike injured and in the wheelchair so they could use makeup and the "beep" communications to disguise the fact that the actor playing him was different in the newly-filmed scenes versus those from the flashbacks.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 month 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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[–] HumbleBragger@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

No argument here.

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

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