Liebermans
From Matt Haughey, a good joke about Canadian money. When I'm in the US, I always complain about how unusable American currency is. It's all green, low contrast, and it's hard to tell a five from a twenty in a dark bar. My American friends find it laughable--because, after all, there is a 20 on it--but after you've used coloured money you stop looking for the numbers.
So anyway, over lunch at the summit Donna Maurer explained Australian currency to me. The bills have different lengths depending on their denomination (smaller bills are shorter, of course). Coins also increase in size based on their value.
The Aussie government even promotes this cool cash-test card with braille to help the visually impaired differentiate between notes. What is this US government doing to make their currency easier to use for the visually impaired (or just plain impaired foreigners trying to pay for a drink)? Not a lot, it seems.
