it's apparently supposed to be an inkwell. hmm.

Although Cloud is right....

Its the fictitious pot of gold that backs up that fiat money.

Sure, you can buy me a Fiat. One of these, please:

Interesting. One of the most counterfitted bills in the world. I guess they have do what ever they can to fend it off.

I find it remarkable that 2/3rds of US currency is held outside the USA. We all know why, but that is probably unique in the world today.
And it makes the US deficit and debt problems (nearly) everybody's problems. What if the US decides - or is forced - to devalue the dollar to pay off debt. Watch the Saudis and Chinese wail as their big piles of US$ halve in value.

Many of the Benjamins are in Mexico and South America.

I have one in my possession right now! Doesn't belong to me, but I have one....

What US bills really need is to be different sizes to make it easier for people with limited vision to tell them apart. Being colorful only helps if different bills are different colors. All multicolored is no better than all green.

I've got 19 of 'em right now, all 1996 issue. They're mine too... until I ransom my truck from the bodyshop.:mecry:

We tell you, you shouldn't drive under the influence..

That's not 2/3rds of all US currency, just 2/3rds of US $100 bills.

:right:

Check out all the new $100 bill's features in this Wikipedia movie. The inkpot is a "a color changing 'Bell in the Inkwell'". The security ribbon is "3D" (will they hand out the glasses to prove it?)

Or where the tea-baggers keep their parties?

Is it only Presidents that make it onto currency?
No women then I suppose.
Not that I feel superior - we have no choice but to have a woman on all our currency after all.

They've tried one dollar coins before: Susan B Anthony and Sacajawea.

They never catch on, but I think it's more the issue of the coin than the wimmenz.

Or, not. ;)

Having Ben's face on our dubious currency is maybe a little ironic.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.

Ben Franklin wasn't a President, nor were Al Hamilton and Sam Chase.