I'd spend it.

[gridlore]

I love the designs, and the Bill of rights on the back, but where's the Second Amendment? Can we reintroduce the $500 bill and use that on the back? Put Alexander Hamilton on the bill for ironic purposes.

I'm holding out for one and two dollar coins. Canada totally corrupted me on this.

Edit The first and second amendments are on the $5. I still think the Second Amendment deserves it's own bill.

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[john-appel.livejournal.com]

We have one dollar coins. I have one in my pocket right now, given as change from an automatic parking system in Austin, TX a couple weeks ago. Some of the vending machines at work actually recognize dollar coins, though most don't.

[johno.livejournal.com]

There was Nova episode, 15 years ago now, "Making a Dishonest Buck". It was all about counterfeiting and what the US could do to make it harder.

Many of the things they talked about have happened. Microtype, fiberstripe, making several features larger.

However the biggest recommendations address why US Bills are the most counter fitted have not been implemented. Aside from economics, it's EASE OF DUPLICATION. Demonations all the same size, using the same paper, using paper, using the same color scheme, etc, etc..

Even then in the mid 90's the BofE and Mints wanted to get rid of the dollar bill and the penny. Why? Both cost nearly as much to make as it's value.

However, they are battling a cultural and ecomonic impact. Folks like their "green backs" and they like playing XXXX.99 for things. On the economic side, there is no slot in most change drawers for $1 & $2 coins

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

If they put Hiram "the drunkard" Grant on the $200, then they gotta put Robert E. Lee (God bless him) on the $500.

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

They are Beautiful, and tell who we so completely.
I like that those broken squiggly things in the corner actually make the denomination when held to the light. Nice effect.
It needs to have a watermark feature, as that is hard to counterfeit. That is hard to show on a 2d website. Those squiggles may be it, which would be excellent.
We really need to do a Major Redesign, but people hate what has been done already, claiming the money looks fake.
I love having $1 coins and wish they would show up in my change. I give them out, but they never seem to go any further.

[netquiddler.livejournal.com]

I agree, we should go to $1 coins exclusively, and get rid of the pennies (Swedish rounding for all cash purchases).

Maybe each dollar bill should be different color? Say a pink $5, a yellow $10, a green $20, a blue $50, a tan $100, and an orange $500?

Of course, perhaps the biggest problem with counterfeiting is that old bills are still legal tender - why try to pass off a new bill when you can try to pass off an old bill?