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[asterroc]

Judge rules paper money unfair to blind, gives the US Treasury 30 days to start working on a solution. It's about time!

Comments

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I think the article mentioned punching different numbers of holes into each denomination, or something like that. I think cutting the edges could be done more prettily though.

[sammka.livejournal.com]

Jacob says, though, that cut edges would not wear well. At the same time, I prefer more systematic changes like cutting and texturing the edges (adding some sort of texturing ink might protect the edges of the paper and add extra tactile clues about what the edges are supposed to feel like), because anyone can punch holes in paper. I'd be concerned if bad elements tried to take advantage of blind people by punching extra holes in bills (though maybe you could fix that by punching more holes in the less valuable currency).

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

But then one could punch a few minimal holes in a current $1 to make it seem like a future $100. :/

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I would guess they have to do the same thing with money of different sizes too: smaller denomination bills have to be physically smaller, or else you could cut off the edges to make them seem to be higher denomination bills. Cutting the edges off a physically large bill that is a high denomination to make it seem to be a small denomination would be pointless.

Anyone know if that's the case in Europe or England? I don't think I have an assortment of Euro bills or pounds.

[sammka.livejournal.com]

Yup, the smaller Euros are the less valuable ones.