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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 1340758, member: 22476&quot;]I was bored a couple days ago, and seeing as I read on the Where&#039;s George? main public forum that NO new colorized $100 bills were printed in fiscal year 2011, due to the BEP having to work out that problem for the creasing of the paper when the $100s were being printed, which I was VERY disappointed about, and they said that they are NOW planning to print enough new $100s to meet the demand in fiscal year 2012, but the people on Where&#039;s George? were saying to keep our fingers crossed for a 2013 release date, which I hope is not true. Well, a couple days ago, I called the BEP out of a combination of boredom and curiousity, and asked them if they will be releasing the new $100 bills in before 2013, and their response was &quot;That is unknown at this time&quot; and I said, &quot;Well, isn&#039;t another currency redesign coming soon? I mean, its been almost 10 years since this redesign started, and it has been stated that the currency is to be redesigned every 7-10 years&quot; and the lady said &quot;Yes there will be another redesign starting soon&quot; and I asked &quot;Do you know when?&quot; and she said, &quot;That is also unknown at this time&quot; and I said &quot;Well they better get that new $100 bill out soon, so that it can circulate for a while before that denomination is redesigned again. Oh, and does the next currency redesign require features for the visually impaired?&quot; and she said &quot;Yes, it does&quot; and I said, &quot;Well, I had one more question. My family both immediate and extended, on both sides, are visually impaired, and most of us wear glasses, except for the few who got lasik eye surgery, so, are there any plans to redesign the $2 bill for features for the visually impaired as well? Because the current $2 bill looks an awful lot like the current $1 bill, and I know they are not planning on changing the $1 bill, due to the fact that it would cost businesses too much to upgrade for a new design $1 bill&quot; and she said, &quot;It is also unknown at this time if they will make any changes to the $2 bill for the visually impaired&quot; and I said &quot;Well, I was hoping they would redesign it and put some bigger numbers on it, and I even had the vending industry agree with me, that a new $2 bill design should be released with the next new $5 bill design, so that they could program all of their machines to take new $2 bills when they program them to take the new $5 bills, but uh, anyway, thanks for the information&quot; and she said &quot;Thank you, and have a nice day&quot; and I just said &quot;You too. Bye&quot; End of story.</p><p><br /></p><p>But hey, about the $2 bill being involved in the next currency redesign, I must say that I was very glad to hear the line &quot;It is unknown at this time if they will redesign the $2 bill for features for the visually impaired&quot; instead of the usual &quot;No, there are no plans to redesign the $2 bill&quot; line that I heard in the past, before the American Council of the Blind got on the government&#039;s rear ends about all U.S. currency being discrimitory towards the blind and visually impaired. :thumb: And the law that was passed DID state ALL denominations EXCEPT the $1 bill MUST be redesigned to include features for the blind and the visually impaired, so, that SHOULD include the $2 bill, you would think. Because the currenct $2 bill discriminates against the blind and visually impaired just as any other denomination would, currently. I just hope the Treasury does NOT just decide to quit making $2 bills to avoid the bother of redesigning them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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