On Feb 19, 6:03 am, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Per Rick Brandt:

Is it a problem for you that a one dollar bill is the same size as a fifty?

Actually, it seems tb a problem for a *lot* of foreign visitors who can't
imagine a monetary convention where all bills are not only the same size, but
have identical coloring and similar graphic shapes/placement. I've been hearing
stories from/about new arrivals on that subject since I was a kid.

For residents who are used to this, it's still not comparable. A U.S. bill of
any denomination is over fifteen times larger than a quarter coin and all that
area is occupied by bill-unique graphics. And *still* lifelong citizens
complain about the lack of distinctiveness in bills - especially older ones.

The color might help the new coin. But, lacking a size diff, I'd opine that it
needs at least a different shape - like hexagonal or something... anything to
make a tactile distinction - in order to have a chance with us unwashed masses.

Now if they could come up with a Dolly Parton dollar..... -)
--
PeteCresswell

Now _that_ I would be for. Might be a problem keeping it to a
reasonable size though.

Harry K