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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Let's face it, as popular and sought after as it is, the U.S. Dollar isn't very pretty. As a matter of fact, it's an embarrassment.
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
Our money has a certain quiet dignity, Bruce. Serene classicism. A stodgy yet assuring symmetry with George still.
"Rogues gallery" indeed, spudcon. I suspect a sizable percentage of the bill honorees have had statues to themselves toppled since they had the bills printed up.
This spring I was at a hardware store / gift shop in Lindsborg, Kansas,
"Little Sweden, U.S.A.,"
a cute and perhaps surprisingly popular tourist destination, but 20 miles south of I-70 and just off I-135 (Salina-Wichita).
Anywho, under the glass on the countertop at the cash register was a similar gallery from around the world. It had even more bills, which were not so neatly lined up. Many of them were very old, but many other designs were very nonstandard, like the Cook Islands hula dancer riding the hammerhead shark. "Wow, you get people from _____ in here?!"
I enjoyed looking at them and talking with the owner for like 5 minutes. "You ever get that hula dancer from the Cook Islands in here?"