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Zero-currency notes have been generated for most of the world: http://zerocurrency.org/ http://zerocurrency.org/
by aaronharnly 7y ago
Zero-currency notes have been generated for most of the world: http://zerocurrency.org/ http://zerocurrency.org/
- aatharuv 7y agoThe website hasn't been updated for at least 2 years though. (Under America, it still lists Barack Obama as the President.
- ketralnis 7y agoThat doesn't seem like a problem unless you're trying to rely on their population figures or something
- Waterluvian 7y agoIt's a pretty great example of the wisdom of "doing one thing well." This site should just have a Wikipedia link to each country.
- acct1771 7y agoOr scrape/API, at most.
- DonHopkins 7y ago0 Billion Dollar Bills would be useful in the Trump era.
- smnrchrds 7y agoIt still has the pre-1979 revolution bank notes for Iran. Not only has it not been in circulation or considered legal tender for decades, but also because of the inflation, the value of the note depicted is laughably low—like less than half a cent.
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- Piskvorrr 7y agoThat's interesting, but half-done (as opposed to the zero-rupee note). The "zero" notes still have the numbers in writing for many countries, with only the largest-font number replaced with 0: close enough to the originals, even one-sided, to be considered a forgery. People have been indicted for worse imitations...
- Waterluvian 7y agoThe Canadian note is many generations out of date.
- Piskvorrr 7y agoOut of circulation, too?
- wolco 7y agoI would think so.
- core-questions 7y agoI miss that series, possibly our most regal looking set.
- acct1771 7y agoInteresting choice of adjective, haha
- dRaBoQ 7y agoThe Egyptian note has the number zero, but the writing still says Fifty Pounds.
- dheera 7y agoPoor Jackson got the honor of being featured on the US zero note. I kind of want to put Trump's face there.
- wallace_f 7y agoJackson's face is fitting -- He fought against corruption, and he particularly hated central banking and other banker interests.
- sterlind 7y agoAnd he defied a ruling by the Supreme Court to initiate the Trail of Tears, killing ~16000 Native Americans during their forced relocation. The new valuation suits him well indeed.
- wallace_f 7y agoAnd that was horribly wrong, but I'm not sure it fully discounts the current context about monetary corruption.
- amingilani 7y agoThe Pakistani ten rupee note's parody, while current, is half done. It reads ۱۰ which is 10 in Urdu, and literally says "ten rupees" in Urdu on the top. I'm assuming it was done by an English speaking individual that didn't know how to do it right. I'd love to contribute.
- u801e 7y ago> and literally says "ten rupees" in Urdu on the top. Are you saying that they literally spell the word ten in Urdu script rather than dus (Urdu for 10)?
- amingilani 7y agoOh no, it says "dus rupay". It doesn't transliterate it. That would be weird :)
- laken 7y agoMost of the Spanish language notes are similar, with Colombia for example saying "veinte" (20) all over it
- benatkin 7y agoI saw the US one has Andrew Jackson. Pretty fitting, but I can't tell if it was chosen because of his questionable legacy or just because the 20 dollar bill is common.
- tomstockmail 7y agoInteresting. Another project with similar goals I came across recently is https://www.stampstampede.org/faq/ https://www.stampstampede.org/faq/ which was started by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame. They use a stamp (like the Where's George project) and keep legal notes in circulation.