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I always figured we should put advertising on the currency of exchange... seriously, just put what ever picture you want on an individual dollar bill (or a $10/
by kurthr 9y ago
I always figured we should put advertising on the currency of exchange... seriously, just put what ever picture you want on an individual dollar bill (or a $10/$20/$50/$100) for a price you pay to the Treasury for printing it in volume. Different markets for different denominations and you could actually even target specific areas based on the Atlanta vs Frisco printing locations. The price of ads on a dollar bill could easily exceed the value of the currency itself, because of the multiple transactions (even if it's only in circulation for 21 months!) People would even buy them as collectors taking the rare ones out of circulation.
Now, of course you could put advertising on your dynamic (image updating) credit card so as you pull it out at the grocery store it reminds to get more SnackyPoofs for your lovely little Cartman at home. Or perhaps we'll be putting advertising on the blockchain so that they will mine, and we can get transaction costs down!
- suby 9y agoI would hope that there would be massive backlash if we as a country tried to put advertising on our currency, because that's insane. It would be a fairly fitting illustration of what's wrong with modern society, though.
- sofaofthedamned 9y agoBrawndo would be the ideal thing to advertise on cash, how about it Elon/Larry/Bill?
- sogen 9y agoIt’s got electrolytes
- QAPereo 9y agoI look forward to pedaling for merits any day now...
- age_bronze 9y agoThe main issue is fraud detection. Having many different bills would confuse people, and you'd have hard time explaining which part of the bill you need to check and which part you don't. You're going to have the equivalent of fake download buttons.
- lithos 9y agoTrading this $20 bill that has 10% off at best buy, for one that has 10% off at Walmart.
- analogic 9y agoThe pictures on currency is most definitely advertising, the government just usually has an exclusivity deal.
- adrianratnapala 9y agoAhh yes, but if they sold the advertising space in the market they could make more mon... Oh wait.
- rhizome 9y agoI always figured we should put advertising on the currency of exchange... seriously You're not being serious.
- al_chemist 9y agoThis is an excellent idea, but it made me thinking... There are so many children born in this world. If we could tatoo various commercials on their faces, our country could earn so much free money! /s