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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 969300, member: 19065&quot;]Let us revisit the ever so typical &#039;resistance to change&#039; and superficial assessment of anything new in coin and currency design that the admirer, dealer and collector/hobbyist of numismatics is all too quick to shoot down upon initial inspection, yet are all too quick to clamour about after a few years or generations once the designs are firmly a fixture of numismatics when it&#039;s safe to shower praise and pretense behind the security of profit vested them from low printages, known errors, fancy serials, design flaws, mules, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are more features to new currency designs than those of the past, particularly in regards to technological advancement in security features. It was after all, security features, applied in sophisticated layers on bank notes, reflecting the decorative design aesthetic of the age, that made past designs what they are known for. Simple, bold and serving numerous functions, modern security features, maintaining national symbols for identity and trust coupled with user friendly designs for the visually impaired and the everyday transaction in an ever increasing and dangerous global market of emboldened and digitally enabled counterfeiters collectively express the concerns of the era in which the new note was conceived. It is an expression of the digital age, that of digital design, streamlined aesthetics and advanced security features which will define the <i>beauty</i> of the new note. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rehashing the look and feel of bygone eras is akin to turning our backs on the present and what defines it while diluting the superior craftsmanship and artistry of the past, which saw us through to the present, and allows a thing, our paper currency, to remain a viable and cost effective means of transaction with secure monetary devices. </p><p><br /></p><p>The negative and pessimistic responses to modern currency designs upon unveiling appears all too often fired in single shot retorts, off the cuff, offering no honest sense of reason. It smacks of guttural, opinionated resistance to the unfamiliar and unconsidered aspects of what makes it good beyond the surface.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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