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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 866114, member: 22476&quot;]This issue has been getting me wondering for a while. Why will the U.S. government not add features for, or otherwise redesign the $2 bill to include features for the visually impaired and the blind? I read an article on the possible redesign of the $5-$100 bills to make them each a different length (1-D style) or even a different length and different width (2-D style) It was stated that NO design changes for the visually impaired were considered for the $1 and $2 bills. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My question is &quot;Why?&quot; and I ask why, because I had read a part of this study that said that the visually impaired had the hardest time denominating the current $1, $2 and $100 bills, due to these three denominations not having a large dark numeral on them. This problem will likely be fixed for the $100 bill due to the fact that it has been said, after the first $100 bill redesign &quot;The next redesign of the $100 note will include a low-vision numeral similar to the $5-$50&quot; and that was stated over 10 years ago when the first new $50 came out as the first denomination to include the numeral. The $1 bill was denominated by using the big spelling of &quot;ONE&quot; on the back, but would still be fairly hard to tell apart from a $2 bill. One reason is that, some visually impaired people said that they can tell a $1 bill from any other denomination, due to the thick, almost solid green ink on the back of the bill. Now what about comparing the $1 bill to the current $2 bill? The $2 bill also has very solid ink on the back, and a small portrait front that looks very much like a $1 bill at a quick glance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So all I am saying is that, if not for security features, cant the $2 bill be redesigned to conform the FutureGen $5-$100 to have the enlarged portraits and enlarged numerals, such as a large dark numeral 2 on the reverse? I know that $2 bills pretty much do not circulate widely enough to redesign for anti-counterfeiting features, but if not for that, why not for the visually impaired? I know it would be cheaper for the BEP to simply cease production of $2 bills and the government could stop with the $2 denomination altogether, if not go to a $2 coin to go with the $1 coin. Although the cheapest thing to do, would be to eliminate both $1 and $2 bills and replace them with coins, in the study I read, it stated that &quot;No consideration was made for a coin to replace any denomination&quot; which should be the case for the $1 and $2 denominations, but unfortunately, they are not even considering it. But I do NOT want to see the $2 bill go away, unless the $1 bill goes away first and is replaced by a $1 coin. I do not want to see the $2 denomination go away, PERIOD. But if the government can afford to spend money on redesigning all other FRN&#039;s accept the $1 and $2, including the new $5 bill which I believe they sort of did an overkill job on security features (I know they had to because of people bleaching $5s to make fake $100s on them) for such a low denomination, and the fact that they can also spend billions on redesigned coins of various denominations for collectors, they should be able to at least redesign the looks of the $2 bill, with a large dark numeral in one corner of the denomination, and make the size of the denomination a little bit longer than the $1 bill like they talked about increasing lengths for all other denominations other than the $1 bill.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some people here have argued for the elimination of the $2 denomination as well as the 50 cent denomination. Well, the 50 cent denomination already has features for the blind: Its size. So its time to fix that other rarely used denomination: The $2 bill. Instead of eliminating the $2 bill, why not come up for a new set of master plates for them, change the size of the $2 bill so that there would be no need for any security features on the $2 denomination what so ever. Problem solved. And if the government did not want to redesign the $2 denomination for a long time after the first redesign, there would almost be no need to anyway. As long as the $2 bill had larger numerals on it it and a low-vision numeral, and a different size, the problem would likely be fixed until the demise of cash.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So why not invest in at least one $2 bill redesign? Sounds CENTS&#039;ible to me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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