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Perhaps not hackerish, but beautiful design work. Nicest money I've seen since the Dutch guilder went out of circulation. One small change i'd made (for blind people) is to have the notes slightly different sizes. This is the norm in Europe and it works fine, without hindering ATM machines when depositing cash.

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I don't like the idea of having money that has different sizes. I would prefer if the colored bar on the left had a different texture and each denominartion had a differently sized block of alternate texture. Then the blind could simply feel what the denomination was. Unless the braille on this actually works, that would be better.

Not to derail the thread, but I believe this has as much to do with hacking as most stuff on Hacker News. It's unfortunate the term doesn't extend to Designers going beyond the minimum required by their profession because I believe they have the same curiosity and spirit that drives extraordinary programmers to become "hackers". After all, the guy just redesigned the American currency.

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