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<p>[QUOTE="Yokozuna, post: 969351, member: 26087"]I think I'll need a couple of thousand to compare at the same time before I can really know for sure. You know, wallpaper the house, thrash around in a large pile of them just to get a true feel for the bill. I think in sufficient quantities of 1000 or more at a time they should look just fine. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>But the kicker here is, like it or not, we will <b>never</b> have the wonderful artwork bills of the past, and I hate to say it, but it's to help out the people, like me, with disabilities. The bright colors and huge size font will help me SEE what I have in my hand. I'm lucky in that I have glasses and contacts that help me see almost as well as anyone else, but without corrective lenses, I couldn't tell an old 10 from 100. The new $100 is for the people that can't wear glasses to correct their vision to a point that they can tell what bill they are using <i><b>and we all know that no one would try to cheat a legally blind person out of $90 bucks if they thought they could get away with it.</b></i> If I don't have my glasses I have to hold the bill about an inch from my eyes and maybe I can tell what it is. </p><p> </p><p>It's not like we have a it's up to us now. They are coming. Soon all of us will have them in our hands and I know I've<b> always loved a crisp new $100 bill</b>, no matter what the design was. I will need the huge 1 0 0 and less than attractive colors so that I have no doubt that I have $100 because as I get older, my eyes are getting weaker. So this bill is for me and I don't like the design, but I do need it.</p><p> </p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Yokozuna, post: 969351, member: 26087"]I think I'll need a couple of thousand to compare at the same time before I can really know for sure. You know, wallpaper the house, thrash around in a large pile of them just to get a true feel for the bill. I think in sufficient quantities of 1000 or more at a time they should look just fine. :) But the kicker here is, like it or not, we will [B]never[/B] have the wonderful artwork bills of the past, and I hate to say it, but it's to help out the people, like me, with disabilities. The bright colors and huge size font will help me SEE what I have in my hand. I'm lucky in that I have glasses and contacts that help me see almost as well as anyone else, but without corrective lenses, I couldn't tell an old 10 from 100. The new $100 is for the people that can't wear glasses to correct their vision to a point that they can tell what bill they are using [I][B]and we all know that no one would try to cheat a legally blind person out of $90 bucks if they thought they could get away with it.[/B][/I] If I don't have my glasses I have to hold the bill about an inch from my eyes and maybe I can tell what it is. It's not like we have a it's up to us now. They are coming. Soon all of us will have them in our hands and I know I've[B] always loved a crisp new $100 bill[/B], no matter what the design was. I will need the huge 1 0 0 and less than attractive colors so that I have no doubt that I have $100 because as I get older, my eyes are getting weaker. So this bill is for me and I don't like the design, but I do need it. Ben[/QUOTE]
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