DISQUS

Consumerism Commentary: New $5 Bill Now in Circulation: Is it Time to Revalue the Dollar?

  • ~Dawn · 1 year ago
    Flexo,
    What coins do you collect? I'm more partial to the pre-64 coins myself.
  • Llama Money · 1 year ago
    90% silver coins are a great way to build up a silver collection. Me, I only have Silver and Gold eagles so far... need to hunt down some old 90% coins one of these days. As for bills, meh. I rarely have more than a handful of bills at a time... any large purchases are made with a credit card. They could make the $5 bills purple and pink for all it matters to me.
  • Seb · 1 year ago
    I would love to see the dollar bill go away and be replaced with a coin. But unfortunately, the U.S. public sees differently. Except for use as tokens to ride the T into Boston, I hardly ever see dollar coins anywhere.
  • Anca · 1 year ago
    My only experience with revaluation is from when Romania (where I'm from) decided to take off 4 zeros from the end of its money: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Romania_redenominat...
  • Hobbs · 1 year ago
    The more worthless the currency, the more attractive the engraving. At the rate that the Federal reserve is throwing the currency "under the bus" I am looking forward to female nudes being featured on the currency. Perhaps Elliot Spitzer's girl, Kristen, could grace the $1000 bill and Scarlet Johanson could appear on the new $5,000- this might slow down the velocity of money and prevent hyperinflation!.
  • BenG · 1 year ago
    Hobbs -

    You realize America has already HAD currency with nude females on it? Check out the amazing "educational series" currency from the 19th century.
  • Khyron · 1 year ago
    Revaluing? Are you sick? Is this Venezuela? Can we at least keep up the illusion of a non-socialist state until I leave?