So New Zealand is getting new money. Well, not exactly new, it'll… - Tactical Ninja
Nov. 21st, 2014
09:34 am
So New Zealand is getting new money. Well, not exactly new, it'll have all the same stuff on it - but apparently it'll be "Brighter and Better". That's the slogan they're using to sell it.
First, here's the old money:
And here is the new money (you can look at the reverse at the link):
I think they've managed to make Rutherford look particularly gormless on the $100, and I think
fuvenusrs described the Queen on the 20 best, as "a cross between Yoda and Emperor Palpatine."Also it seems our wildlife is phasing out of the picture. Which, given the current government's approach to environmental issues, doesn't really surprise me.
It does make it a lot more obvious which bill you are looking at without having to read the bills.
Or, even better, a small ribbon of fissile material inside each note, such that if you accumulate too many in one place, criticality will cause them to catch fire.
(0.1mg of U235 per note would mean that $52billion notes would form a critical mass, although probably the volume would be a bit large. The paper might act as a moderator though).
Euros get renewed every... I dunno, 10 years? And it gets harder and harder to think of the bright new slips as real money and not something from monopoly.
[edit] Interesting you thought he looked like a gold digger. He has always been held up as the epitome of 'rugged individual' that NZ is supposed to pride itself on.
Edited at 2014-11-20 10:18 pm (UTC)
I think it's the way he looks - this weathered face, the squinting into the sun and wind, obviously looking out for something.
I didn't know NZ was so big on rugged individualism. Germany is much more the "social net with tight meshing" and is becoming increasingly more so. People start having the attitude that they have a "right" to support, financially, legally, you name it, so why not use it once in a while? It's kind of sad. The social net was intended as a humanitarian tool to catch those who have no other way of survival, not as a hammock. And the saddest thing is that the few lazy bones are ruining it for those many who really really need it.
The lonely cry of the Center in the US...
I guess that woman on the 20 doesn't need a caption...
That's how it works, right? :)
I guess that big see through strip is all the rage now in currency too!
[edited to add] Maybe Canada is copying us. ;-)
Edited at 2014-11-21 07:13 am (UTC)
Although, they got rid of the animals on most of the bills well before you....and our dimes have a sailboat instead of something furry!