Here's the thing. Helvetica is indeed awesome. But it fits into the design of US currency about as well as an Eero Saarinen table fits into a Victorian living r

Here's the thing. Helvetica is indeed awesome. But it fits into the design of US currency about as well as an Eero Saarinen table fits into a Victorian living room. If we're going to have Helvetica on there, we need to go full Modern. The old Dutch Guilder notes (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/5_Gulden_%28Vijf_Gulden%29_%281966%29.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/5_Gulden_...) might be a nice place to start.