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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2010746, member: 39"]Don't have any spooky stories at hand <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but Ootje Oxenaar, who designed a few Dutch guilder notes, also liked to build certain obscure elements into his designs. Here is a video where he talks (in English) about some of those features: his own fingerprint, a rabbit, and three references to women who were important to him.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]m5BlybJGiiU[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an article that also shows some of those notes:</p><p><a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2007/february/the-money-maker" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2007/february/the-money-maker" rel="nofollow">http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2007/february/the-money-maker</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Oxenaar's first designs are not that attractive in my opinion. But the three from the late 70s/early-mid 80s (snipe, sunflower, lighthouse) are cool ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 2010746, member: 39"]Don't have any spooky stories at hand :) but Ootje Oxenaar, who designed a few Dutch guilder notes, also liked to build certain obscure elements into his designs. Here is a video where he talks (in English) about some of those features: his own fingerprint, a rabbit, and three references to women who were important to him. [MEDIA=youtube]m5BlybJGiiU[/MEDIA] Here is an article that also shows some of those notes: [url]http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2007/february/the-money-maker[/url] Oxenaar's first designs are not that attractive in my opinion. But the three from the late 70s/early-mid 80s (snipe, sunflower, lighthouse) are cool ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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