The 10,000 Post thread V3

[Duke87 1,070]

(1111)

 

Take 1107, cut it in half, you get 11 and 07. Flip them around and you get 07 and 11. 7 Eleven!

[Larks2242 251]

1112.  

 

Fancy

[Chptrk 86]

1113.

 

1+1+1+3=6.

 

... yay math?

[Duke87 1,070]

(1114)

 

Nobody posted yesterday. We need to pick up the pace.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

1115: Is this fast enough for you?

[Lot Creator 304]

1116: Nope, needs to go FASTER!

[Mr Saturn64 742]

1117

What's that all about?

[Larks2242 251]

1118.

 

Well we need more people, we can't just have 2 carry the thread, it isn't possible.

[Muck308 55]

1119

 

Well I have things to do! Summertime!

[timmie 988]

1120

 

But we have more than two people

[Vahr 341]

1121

 

All you need is three, but the more the better!

[Muck308 55]

1122

 

You will, however, get more than one post from me today!

[timmie 988]

1123

 

But not from me, because a new day has begun three minutes ago!

[Duke87 1,070]

(1124)

 

Ah, there we go. That's better!

[Larks2242 251]

1125.

 

Picking up speed.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

1126

 

What's that all about?

I really don't know what the past 8 posts have been about.

[Duke87 1,070]

(1127)

 

It's all about the benjamins, of course!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

1128: Why is American money green?

[Larks2242 251]

1129.

 

Cause its called "cabbage"

[Mr Saturn64 742]

1130

This thread has gotten really, really, weird lately.

[Duke87 1,070]

(1131)
 
Per the official source:

The reason for the selection of green as the color for the backs of U.S. currency has long been among the more popular questions put to the BEP. No definite explanation can be made for the original choice; however, it is known that at the time of the introduction of small-sized notes in 1929, the use of green was continued because pigment of that color was readily available in large quantities, the color was relatively high in its resistance to chemical and physical changes, and green was psychologically identified with the strong and stable credit of the Government. In the course of preparing this history, much attention was given to the matter. Extensive research developed evidence in support of the following explanation:

With the growing popularity of U.S. currency and the development of photography in the mid-1800s, it was customary to print the notes in black combined with colored tints as a deterrent to counterfeiting. The early camera saw everything in black. Features that were distinguishable on a note by color variant lost their individuality when reproduced photographically. However, the counterfeiter soon discovered that the colored inks then in use could easily be removed from a note without disturbing the black ink. He could eradicate the colored portion, photograph the remainder, and then make a desired number of copies to be overprinted with an imitation of the colored parts. The solution to the problem lay in the development of an ink that could not be erased without adversely affecting the black coloring. Such an ink was developed and the patent rights were purchased by Tracy R. Edson, who later was one of the founders of the American Bank Note Company. This is one of the same firms that produced the first paper money issued by the United States. The faces of these and other early notes produced under contract were printed with a green tint, presumably of the protective ink.



It is not unusual in printing with oil-base-type inks, such as was the "patent green," for the color to strike through to the opposite side of a sheet. It might, therefore, be conjectured that the backs of the early notes were printed in a darker shade of ordinary green to make the tint "strike through" less obvious.



Since the transition of printing money exclusively at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was gradual, it is logical to assume that the backs of the notes produced there during the intervening period were printed in green for the sake of uniformity. Once the BEP was on full-scale production, there was no reason to change the traditional color and so the practice was continued.

 

TLDR: no one really knows why US bills were first made green, all we know is that that's how it's been done for 150 years and it's become so culturally engrained that no one wants to change it.

 

That said, some of the newest US bills do feature splashes of color other than black and green, which is rather radical for us as that has not been done before within the lifetime of anyone walking this Earth.

[Larks2242 251]

1132.

 

Figured it was because it was a vegetable.

[Muck308 55]

1133

 

I'm sure the color came before the nicknames.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

1134: To me, banknotes are works of art, and should accurately reflect the culture of the issuing country. Taking a look at the US, all it has is presidents (oh and Franklin ) What does that say about a country? It values people. Where is the homage to the Indian culture, the amazing fauna and flora, as well as the man-made achievements?

[timmie 988]

1135

 

Before we had the Euro (since 2002), we paid with Belgian Francs here. Our paper money featured artists, like Adolphe Sax (inventor of the saxophone), René Magritte (painter - do you see the bowler hat in the shadow?), James Ensor (painter), Constant Permeke (painter), Victor Horta (architect). Only the 10.000 BEF note had the king on it. I liked it, I think it is very positive to present your country in a way like that.

 

[Vahr 341]

1136

 

And then there's the Euro with its silly bridges

 

(I actually find that pretty cool)

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

1136

 

And then there's the Euro with its silly bridges

 

(I actually find that pretty cool)

1137: What better way to showcase the culture than by putting on something so generic?

Our 10 dollar note has a very famous poem written finely on it, with the author's picture. That has to be pretty cool.

There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around

That the colt from old Regret had got away,

And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound,

So all the cracks had gathered to the fray.

 

[timmie 988]

1138

 

I don't like the euro notes, I find them bland. The new 5 euro note is an improvement, however.

[GeometryMath Algebra 614]

1139

 

Imagine if you're driving on the ground level of this freeway and seeing this activity:

Scary, isn't it?

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

1140

 

Canada's plastic money is totally awesome.

 

Japan, while often accused of being rather backwards so far as women's rights go, features a woman on the ￥5000 note, and has for some time.  Their money could possibly be seen as being as boring at America's.  I don't care.  It's just money.