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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 969325, member: 19065&quot;]Well, thanks for expanding on your reasoning Guy. Too few do and I truly appreciate that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting right down to it, I for one can say that I like the new with the old and I will be adding one to my collection when I can acquire one. I believe it is the crux of my entire point. That in time, while the new note may never become a favorite, it shall enter the greater fold of numismatic history and appreciation, which is a core tenet of numismatics. </p><p><br /></p><p>It really is much more than just picking favorites for one&#039;s personal collection and battling over opinions about subjective ideals of beauty. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know it may seem a huge leap for many to make, but &#039;creativity&#039; is not just something within the realm of the artist and crafts-person. It is also a necessary trait of the technologist employing the latest tools of the trade for which currency is primarily&nbsp; designed for. Numismatists&#039; favor is NOT the primary reason, which must be understood. </p><p><br /></p><p>Quite simply, a child alone could never just sit down with a graphics application and create such a thing. No matter how rudimentary the bold and/or subtle (simplistic) design <i>appears</i> to many who dislike it, this is the expression of the digital prescience in design. We may place aside the clutter of past eras who needed such intricacy to thwart counterfeiting. What seems like cluttered stuff now is far from the clutter of numerous interlaced plates, color overlays, fiber embedded papers and nested vignettes drowning in dizzying swirls that were <i>then </i>necessary to employ but would now only serve to distract as an application of pure decoration. The function of the note no longer demands the elaborate application of such intricate handiwork. </p><p><br /></p><p>While this may seem an afront to behold the, simple yet busy, new design, notes new and old, all the way back to late Colonial paper currency, are far from the hand of any one artist, even in the current so called &#039;streamlined&#039; digital age. Appearance alone belies the fact that it now may take even greater numbers of skilled technicians and artists (or artist-technicians), specialized in this field to deliver us new secure notes. </p><p><br /></p><p>The concerns over aesthetic beauty that most respond to are skin-deep and must be overcome for a true appreciation of security engraving and currency design. Design goes beyond the visual thing as a whole and is a part of every aspect, seen and unseen, that creates the whole. In an ever existing complex world, not that the past was any less complex in which to exist or design bank notes in, the demand for advanced currency design is tantamount to security and you cannot have the liberty to design freely without security firstly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know I&#039;m long-winded, but I simply wish to urge everyone to look beyond the surface of the new, and to consider expanding ones reasoning when declaring distaste. :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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