# WTF? it's freakin Orange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 26, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375 "2006-04-26T23:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/41 "2006-04-27T15:09:48Z")
Hell, my money has always had a bit more color on it, but that’s because it’s blood money. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/42 "2006-04-27T15:10:03Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Us backwater nations gotta stick together.😃 > > Seriously, what is the problem with being able to identify a bill by just glancing at it, without having to figure out which president you’re looking at or looking for the numbers? I glance in my wallet and I can (theoretically) see that I have fives, tens, twenties, fifties, and hundreds in there just from the colours. For a lazy nation, you guys sure are making something easy more difficult than it has to be. I might want to be able to open my wallet without the mugger next to me seeing that I have big bills. I haven’t seen the 10’s but I don’t like the color on the 20. Are they ever going to switch the 1’s? That will make me feel old. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/43 "2006-04-27T15:15:39Z")
They still all look the same to me. It’s a joke, right? please tell me it’s a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/44 "2006-04-27T15:21:03Z")
The problem is having 50 different quarters for states, plus the bicentenial, and other coins in circulation. You wouldn’t know if someone was passing something new or counterfiet. Now they’re doing it to the paper money. They need to retire the old money before they make changes after changes. The best way to pass bad money in a store would be to make a new design up and tell the cashier that it’s a new $20 bill. I think the color of the latest release, makes it look like rust from being in a less than desirerable location when found. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/45 "2006-04-27T15:24:19Z")
The problem with the dollar coins isn’t that they don’t work - they work just fine. While I was living in NYC area, I loved 'em because you never had a problem feeding an SBA to the PATH machines, but the dollar bills would always cause a hassle. In spite of that obvious fact, most people kept using the bills - and refused to use the coins. It’s not that the coin doesn’t work - it’s that the American public doesn’t want to use the coins. I’m convinced the only way to get rid of the dollar bill is to do it the way Canada did: phase out the dollar bill 6 months to a year after the next time the mint tries to introduce a dollar coin. And you’ll hear the screams in Tasmania if it ever gets proposed in Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/46 "2006-04-27T15:24:20Z")
Just a little piece of paper, coated with… carotene? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/47 "2006-04-27T15:29:10Z")
I’m waiting for the blue $50’s and white $1’s. Pumpkin orange should be reserved for $500 bills! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/48 "2006-04-27T15:44:10Z")
I’ve got a 50 in front of me now. The starry blue color’s nice but Grant looks constipated and has a large booger on his right cheek. Fine print, color and watermarks I understand, boogers, not so much. I like the 10s, brought one home the other day to show the wife. Now there’s a really quick way to lose a 10. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/49 "2006-04-27T16:53:36Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > That link made me laugh out loud. > > “Hey! our bank notes are all the same colour, wouldn’t it be better if we used a color other than just… you know… green?” > “Great idea, how about we use a sort of washed out, indistinct muddy mix of colors on this denomination?” > “I like it, but what about the other denominations?” > “Oh, that’s easy, we can use the same colors on those too” You might be onto something here. If they’re going to introduce colored money, why oh why did they choose _pastels?_ Easily the least-favorite color group on the American aesthetic pallet. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/50 "2006-04-27T16:55:21Z")
It may be a pain carrying change around, but it’s lots of fun finding out that you actually have ten-twenty bucks when you don’t have any bills in your wallet. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/51 "2006-04-27T17:10:29Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > The problem with the dollar coins isn’t that they don’t work - they work just fine. While I was living in NYC area, I loved 'em because you never had a problem feeding an SBA to the PATH machines, but the dollar bills would always cause a hassle. I certainly don’t miss $1 and $2 bills - largely because vending machines of all sorts work better – but _especially_ for the rapid transit ticket dispenser. Nothing like hearing your train coming as the machine continually rejects your bill because it’s been in circulation long enough to lose its starched-sheet quality. Also, it doesn’t take as long to get on the bus now, since a fare is typically two or three coins, where it would be take a minimum of nine quarters without the dollar coins, and probably come down to nickels and dimes, anyway. And I remember what a hassle it used to be to make sure that I had _enough_ change for the bus on hand at all times. I don’t think I’ve had to have a bill exchanged for coins since the $2s arrived. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/52 "2006-04-27T17:21:08Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > You might be onto something here. If they’re going to introduce colored money, why oh why did they choose _pastels?_ Easily the least-favorite color group on the American aesthetic pallet. Tee hee! I bet they actually _listened_ to the weenies complaining about ‘monopoly money’ and wussed out. You could have had [easy-to-distinguish](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Canadian_bills.jpg), [difficult-to-counterfeit](http://www.usmint.gov/kids/images/coinNews/bankNotesCoins.gif)colour, but all you get is [‘oops I spilled my coffee’](http://www.ebelog.com/wp-content/images/TenDollarBill.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/53 "2006-04-27T18:28:04Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > I want even prettier money, like Canada has. _Thank_ you! _hugs wallet_ (Although I have to admit, orange/peach/etc. is a pretty weird colour for money…) ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/54 "2006-04-27T18:32:31Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > For the benefit of those outside the U.S, [this](http://www.ebelog.com/wp-content/images/TenDollarBill.jpg) is the gaudy technicolor psychedelic Disney-exploded-all-over-the-damned-place banknote under discussion. > > Whoa! Say goodbye to that reputation for stodgy conservatism, Uncle Sam. It’s outta control! 😛 That’s what all the fuss is about? It looks like someone got a little careless and spilled a bit of pastel. > [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I like [ours](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Canadian_bills.jpg). They make good blotter, too. It’s true. If you take one of each denomination of Canadian bills and arrange them as in that picture, you too can spell “SAMPLE” vertically. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/55 "2006-04-27T18:36:07Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Granted, it was easy enough to get used to the greenie money, but it was so _boring_. I want to see some psychedelic colours! Each time I open my wallet, I want to _freak out_!] I already freak out every time I open my wallet, but sadly, not for the same reasons you are gunning for. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/56 "2006-04-27T18:55:57Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > The last time I heard someone call them greenbacks was in London in 1982. I thought it was out of date then. Aren’t the backs still green, anyway? Personally I agree with those calling for mor pizazz. I think it’s a good thing. And regarding those still-green backs, they have got to be the stodgiest reverse designs anywhere in the world. The old 10-spots, at least, used to spice it up with that exciting diagonal view of the Treasury Building, and the antique cars, but now that’s gone. I’ve always thought they should put scenes from national parks on the backs. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/57 "2006-04-27T19:03:00Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Oh, boy! Now I can feel like I’m in Canada again! Don’t hold your breath unless you want to turn blue. The newest $20 bills have been out for years but I still almost never get them from the ATM. Is that true for most people, or is it just my bank? In any event, the Federal Reserve banks have apparently not made any effort to pull the old ones from circulation. By contrast, when the next-newest design was released some years earlier, I was surprised by how quickly the old ‘classic’ Twenties, with the design that had been used for most of the 20th century, disappeared. It seemed like no more than a matter of weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/58 "2006-04-27T19:24:11Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Easily the least-favorite color group on the American aesthetic pallet. If you’re appealing to what is popular in the American aesthetic, we’re going to wind up with money festooned with [puppies and angels and shit](http://www.checkworks.com/personal). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/59 "2006-04-27T19:36:04Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > If you’re appealing to what is popular in the American aesthetic, we’re going to wind up with money festooned with [puppies and angels and shit](http://www.checkworks.com/personal). Sweet. Then I can get a [buck](http://www.tobinphoto.com/images/photos/whitetail-deer-buck.jpg) in change, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375/60 "2006-04-27T19:37:11Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Oh yeah, and about the damn dollar coins: Every time the Mint tries to introduce those things, the American public responds with overwhelming disinterest. There’s a reason for that. It’s the same reason why you see those penny dishes at cashier stands, why CoinStar machines are popping up in grocery stores, and why electric coin sorters are popular Christmas presents. People don’t want to be bothered carrying around small change. I’d rather carry around a dollar coin that a lot of smaller crap. And if it saves me money because we won’t have to replace dollar coins nearly as often as we need to replace the easily-ripped cotton bills, so much the better. I think the dollar coin is common sense. And you have no idea how ashamed I am of that unintentional pun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-its-freakin-orange/354375.md?page=4)