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Dollar Bills and blind people
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I believe I am right in saying American Dollar bills are all the same size. If this is the case, how does a blind person differentiate the amount?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In a court judgement, the US Treasury was told to produce notes that the blind or visually impaired could distinguish. The judge ruled that if other countries could do it, so could the US. Not quite, it seems. In printing $110 billion worth of $100 bills to the new design, around 30% of them were found to be flawed !!
>>>It's not just dollar bills, all US bank notes are the same size
That is what the poster meant. When they said "Dollar Bills" I think they meant all US bank notes.
I have to say when I have been in the US it is very easy to give a 50 dollar or 100 dollar bill when you meant to give a 1 dollar or 5 dollar bill.
Strange thing is they have a 1 dollar coin, but nobody likes them and nobody uses them.
That is what the poster meant. When they said "Dollar Bills" I think they meant all US bank notes.
I have to say when I have been in the US it is very easy to give a 50 dollar or 100 dollar bill when you meant to give a 1 dollar or 5 dollar bill.
Strange thing is they have a 1 dollar coin, but nobody likes them and nobody uses them.
In a store a few weeks ago, a blind erson was paying for his purchase and held up a $20 bill and asked aloud "This is a twenty, right?" At least 10 people around him answered that it was. I noted that his change included at least three bills... a couple of $1 bills and perhaps a $5 bill. It occurred to me (with my lighting fast brain) that he knew about what his change should be and that the clerk wasn't likely to give him an extra $5 or $10 in place of any of the $1's he knew should be there.
Even more ironic however, is the fact that all of he drive-up ATM's here have Braille script on the face of the machine... go figure...
Even more ironic however, is the fact that all of he drive-up ATM's here have Braille script on the face of the machine... go figure...
The bills, beginning about 3 years ago with the $20 have been undergoing a complete facelift in the area of coloration. while still retaining some of the older "green" (greenbacks, dontcha know?) they now have "peach" stripes intemixed. This is supposed to firmly place a look of chagrin on the faces of counterfeiters...
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