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How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
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Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Charles Ellson remarked: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size Yes, they are. -- Roland Perry |
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Charles Ellson wrote:
Aren't US banknotes also all the same size Yes, it's a pain in the a*se when you're looking in your wallet to find the right notes to pay with... -- Jeremy Double {real address, include nospam} Rail and transport photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdoubl...7603834894248/ |
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Roland Perry writes:
In message , at 06:13:27 on Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Charles Ellson remarked: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size Yes, they are. Does the USA not have disability discrimination legislation? Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people. |
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Graham Murray wrote:
Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people. Not really. There are plenty of situations in life where one group of people is advantaged/disadvantaged with respect to another. It's only discriminatory if it is done either with the desire of causing a specific outcome of that kind, or else in contravention of relevant rules that are designed to avoid such an outcome. That is not to say that the blind and those who lobby on their behalf couldn't make sufficient noise to shame the US Federal Reserve into doing something about it. -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p13857120.html (20 309 at Morecambe, 6 Apr 2005) |
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On Jun 22, 11:57*am, Graham Murray wrote:
Roland Perry writes: In message , at 06:13:27 on Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Charles Ellson remarked: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size Yes, they are. Does the USA not have disability discrimination legislation? Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people. Yes. A US Federal appeals court decided exactly that last month. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7412051.stm PaulO |
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Stephen Sprunk wrote:
Hmmm, Canadian bank machines routinely dish out our $50's, though the machines are usually identified and at locations where "regular" $20 dispensers are also available. US ATMs generally only dispense $20 bills; it makes them simpler and requires less refilling if there's only one bill type. There are still a few that give out $5 and $10 bills as well, though they're rare. Ones in casinos will give you $100 bills, since they accept them at the tables and that's where they want you spending your money. I've never seen a US ATM dispense $50 bills. There are at least 3 ATMs within a 5 mile radius of my residence that dish out $50 bills. So they do exist. |
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John Mara wrote:
Chris Tolley wrote: Graham Murray wrote: Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people. Not really. There are plenty of situations in life where one group of people is advantaged/disadvantaged with respect to another. It's only discriminatory if it is done either with the desire of causing a specific outcome of that kind, or else in contravention of relevant rules that are designed to avoid such an outcome. In a 2 to 1 decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the existing currency system violates the federal Rehabilitation Act. The judges said that the Treasury Department must find a way to accommodate the needs of the visually impaired. I didn't know that the Rehabiltation act had such provisions; I thought it was just concerned with employment and communications. I suspect that in a typical lawyerly way some unrelated provision has been claimed to have been written with the intention of conferring such rights. Still, it is progress of a sort, no matter how it has been arrived at. -- http://gallery120232.fotopic.net/p14104754.html (43 101 at Peterborough, 3 Sep 1979) |
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"Graham Murray" wrote in message
... Roland Perry writes: In message , at 06:13:27 on Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Charles Ellson remarked: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size Yes, they are. Does the USA not have disability discrimination legislation? Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people. I thought that the US Federal Reserve had added colour to their notes in recent years, which should help. One would think that they would also put some form of braille on notes to help delineate. A least one European states that I can think of had been doing that well before the euro was introduced. Don't euro notes have a form of braille? I can't remember off hand. |
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wrote: "Graham Murray" wrote in message ... Roland Perry writes: In message , at 06:13:27 on Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Charles Ellson remarked: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size Yes, they are. Does the USA not have disability discrimination legislation? Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people. I thought that the US Federal Reserve had added colour to their notes in recent years, which should help. One would think that they would also put some form of braille on notes to help delineate. A least one European states that I can think of had been doing that well before the euro was introduced. Holland. Don't euro notes have a form of braille? I can't remember off hand. Strangely enough, no. -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html |
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"Graeme Wall" wrote in message ... In message wrote: "Graham Murray" wrote in message ... Roland Perry writes: In message , at 06:13:27 on Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Charles Ellson remarked: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size Yes, they are. Does the USA not have disability discrimination legislation? Having all banknotes the same size is surely discrimination against blind people. I thought that the US Federal Reserve had added colour to their notes in recent years, which should help. One would think that they would also put some form of braille on notes to help delineate. A least one European states that I can think of had been doing that well before the euro was introduced. Holland. That's right. But didn't Finland and Germany have something as well? Don't euro notes have a form of braille? I can't remember off hand. Strangely enough, no. That is strange. |
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:08:27 GMT, "Richard J."
wrote: In France, most cards are debit cards, and it's true that credit cards are used less than in the UK. Technically speaking, you are right, of course, but most people refer to their Visa card as a "carte de crédit", even though it isn't. The question to Rian (who anyway is in Belgium) I don't think there was ever any doubt about that. should be "Wouldn't it have been easier to pay with a debit card?" (rather than withdrawing unusual amounts of cash from his bank). Agreed. |
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In message , at 17:52:02 on Sun, 22
Jun 2008, remarked: I thought that the US Federal Reserve had added colour to their notes in recent years, which should help. I've seen some very pale pink $20 notes. You'd hardly notice it without the contrast with older cream-coloured ones. Are other denominations getting different tints? -- Roland Perry |
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wrote: [snip] A least one European states that I can think of had been doing that well before the euro was introduced. Holland. That's right. But didn't Finland and Germany have something as well? Not that I'm aware of. Don't euro notes have a form of braille? I can't remember off hand. Strangely enough, no. That is strange. Very, it surprised me. I suppose TPTB are relying on blind people being able to identify the notes by the size. -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html |
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Graeme Wall writes:
In message wrote: That's right. But didn't Finland and Germany have something as well? Not that I'm aware of. Finnish banknotes (all the same size) didn't have actual braille but rather an easily distinguishable pattern of large rings in raised print specific for each denomination (from one ring in the FIM 10 to five in the FIM 1000). For instance Estonian banknotes (also all the same size, and practically the same size as the old Finnish ones) have similar features indicated with dots and dashes. |
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:34:11 +0100, Graeme Wall
wrote: In message wrote: [snip] A least one European states that I can think of had been doing that well before the euro was introduced. Holland. That's right. But didn't Finland and Germany have something as well? Not that I'm aware of. Don't euro notes have a form of braille? I can't remember off hand. Strangely enough, no. That is strange. Very, it surprised me. I suppose TPTB are relying on blind people being able to identify the notes by the size. Size, colour and large numbers seem to be the only official aids for those with poor eyesight :- http://www.euro.gov.uk/eurobanknotes.asp |
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Charles Ellson wrote:
Aren't US banknotes also all the same size thus making it easier to accidentally sandwich a high value note in amongst low value notes ? They're all the same size, yes. Folks do occasionally make mistakes, but that's not a major concern (other than for the blind) in bill design compared to anti-counterfeiting features. One of the old tricks was to take a $1 bill, bleach the ink off, and print a $100 bill's faces on it. This got around the checks specific to the material used, since all bills until recently had identical cloth. Newer bills have security features that prevent that -- if cashiers bother looking for them. S |
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:58:52 -0500, Stephen Sprunk
wrote in misc.transport.urban-transit: Charles Ellson wrote: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size thus making it easier to accidentally sandwich a high value note in amongst low value notes ? They're all the same size, yes. Folks do occasionally make mistakes, but that's not a major concern (other than for the blind) in bill design compared to anti-counterfeiting features. But, of course, the Fed was told by the courts that their current methods are a violation of the law because they don't take the blind into account. One of the old tricks was to take a $1 bill, bleach the ink off, and print a $100 bill's faces on it. This got around the checks specific to the material used, since all bills until recently had identical cloth. Newer bills have security features that prevent that -- if cashiers bother looking for them. S |
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In article writes:
.... The question to Rian (who anyway is in Belgium) should be "Wouldn't it have been easier to pay with a debit card?" (rather than withdrawing unusual amounts of cash from his bank). Agreed. At least in the Netherlands there is a maximum amount that can be payed with a debit card. And that maximum is independent of the saldo on your account. When I bought a computer quite some time ago (and, no, it was not a cheap one), the total amount exceeded this maximum (DFL 2000 at that time), so I had to pay the remainder by credit card. -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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"Stephen Sprunk" wrote in message
... That's tough with our bills since they're cloth (high grade denim, technically) and not that nearly indestructible plastic/paper stuff used for most other countries' notes. Braille and cloth don't mix well; even if you could print the bills with the feature, it'd be ruined after a few weeks/months in circulation. Will Britain or the Eurozone ever get polymer notes, I wonder? |
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:08:40 GMT, "Dik T. Winter"
wrote: At least in the Netherlands there is a maximum amount that can be payed with a debit card. And that maximum is independent of the saldo on your account. When I bought a computer quite some time ago (and, no, it was not a cheap one), the total amount exceeded this maximum (DFL 2000 at that time), so I had to pay the remainder by credit card. With prior notification to your bank, why have one? I found a (Visa) debit card to be an extremely convenient way of paying just over gbp7,000 for a car a few years ago, certainly compared to the risk of cash or the cost and inconvenience of a banker's cheque. I couldn't have paid by credit card then paid it off as my card limit at the time was way below that. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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In message , at 18:57:16 on Mon,
23 Jun 2008, Neil Williams remarked: I couldn't have paid by credit card then paid it off as my card limit at the time was way below that. Couldn't you over-pay the credit card, then use that positive balance? -- Roland Perry |
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:12:01 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote: In message , at 18:57:16 on Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Neil Williams remarked: I couldn't have paid by credit card then paid it off as my card limit at the time was way below that. Couldn't you over-pay the credit card, then use that positive balance? Didn't see the point when I could use a debit card - but I believe some credit card companies frown on the practice of loading cards deliberately. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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In message , at 19:23:17 on Mon,
23 Jun 2008, Neil Williams remarked: I believe some credit card companies frown on the practice of loading cards deliberately. That's a combination of having to send you a statement if there's a positive balance, but not if it's zero; and some money laundering concerns. I've seen some suggestions that "loaded" credit cards should be declared as if they were cash at those international borders where declaring cash (above some limit) is required. Whereas a debit card, or un-used credit limit, do not count as "cash" in those circumstances. -- Roland Perry |
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:11:30 -0500, Stephen Sprunk
wrote: Nobody wrote: This is decidedly different than what happens to (relatively rare) USD2 bills, which banks accept without comment but only give out to customers upon specific request. Banks also hoard USD50 and USD100 bills, but they'll ask if you want them if your withdrawal is large ("Do you want that in hundreds or twenties?"). Hoard $50's? Yes, same reason as $100 bills: retailers won't take them, so most customers don't want them. It makes little sense since the same retailers will happily take a thick stack of $20s, which can be just as easily counterfeited, but that's how it is. Another knock against the $50 bill is people don't see them often, since they're relatively useless (people either have $100s or $20s), so they're not comfortable with them. If people can't figure out if a somewhat more common $100 bill is fake, they'll never be able to figure it out for a less common $50 bill... $2 bills have a worse problem, incidentally. Many people have never seen one in their entire lives -- or even know they exist -- and they look different than all the other bills. Many clerks won't take them without checking with a manager; if the manager hasn't seen one before (which is fairly rare -- they _are_ still in circulation), they may refuse to accept it even though the potential loss from a counterfeit is negligible. Hmmm, Canadian bank machines routinely dish out our $50's, though the machines are usually identified and at locations where "regular" $20 dispensers are also available. US ATMs generally only dispense $20 bills; it makes them simpler and requires less refilling if there's only one bill type. There are still a few that give out $5 and $10 bills as well, though they're rare. Ones in casinos will give you $100 bills, since they accept them at the tables and that's where they want you spending your money. I've never seen a US ATM dispense $50 bills. Aren't US banknotes also all the same size thus making it easier to accidentally sandwich a high value note in amongst low value notes ? Canadian bills are the same size, and although they're highly colour-contrasted, that wouldn't immediately help a sight-challenged person. There is a series of raised "tactile features" in the top right quadrant of Canadian bills recognized by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (the CNIB -- or "Seein' Eye Bee"! Yeah, even sight-challenged have a sense of humour) though these are not Braille symbols. As for "sandwiching", ah, would any bank worth its mettle accept a "bundle" of notes simply on its outside face notes? As an aside on the bundle argument, pity the poor barperson/shopkeeper in Zimbabwe having to accept a Stack of Zim dollars to buy a beer these days... |
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: Will Britain or the Eurozone ever get polymer notes, I wonder? One might be pedantic and point out that the current notes are largely made of cellulose, a polymer of glucose. It has the advantage of being readily renewable and degradeable, unlike oil-based polymers. Peter -- Peter Campbell Smith ~ London ~ pjcs00 (a) gmail.com |
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In article (Neil Williams) writes:
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:08:40 GMT, "Dik T. Winter" wrote: At least in the Netherlands there is a maximum amount that can be payed with a debit card. And that maximum is independent of the saldo on your account. When I bought a computer quite some time ago (and, no, it was not a cheap one), the total amount exceeded this maximum (DFL 2000 at that time), so I had to pay the remainder by credit card. With prior notification to your bank, why have one? How can I give my bank a prior notification that I decide to buy something? I found a (Visa) debit card to be an extremely convenient way of paying just over gbp7,000 for a car a few years ago, certainly compared to the risk of cash or the cost and inconvenience of a banker's cheque. Also credit cards are limited in the maximum amount and I think those gbp7,000 would exceed my limit. Note moreover that in the Netherlands most people do not have credit cards for two of reasons: (1) It costs money to get a credit card (2) It is possible that a retailer asks you to pay more if you pay by credit card (1) is not so strong for a debit card because it costs less than a credit card (something like EUR 5 a year for a debit card against EUR 30 a year for a credit card). (2) is not necessary for debit cards because the cost for the retailer is *much* less than with a credit card (a few cent for each transaction vs. 3 to 5 % of the amount of the transaction). -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/ |
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:08:59 GMT, "Dik T. Winter"
wrote: How can I give my bank a prior notification that I decide to buy something? I did it by telephone. A (UK) account can be flagged to allow a transaction that might otherwise be declined as suspicious. There's no guarantee the transaction would fail, but it might have done. In the UK it is also conventional that you notify your bank if you intend on travelling abroad. Also credit cards are limited in the maximum amount and I think those gbp7,000 would exceed my limit. Which is why I used a debit card! Note moreover that in the Netherlands most people do not have credit cards for two of reasons: (1) It costs money to get a credit card In the UK it doesn't, or not unless you borrow on it. (2) It is possible that a retailer asks you to pay more if you pay by credit card Sometimes this happens in the UK, but not all that often. Minimum charges by card (credit and debit) are rather more common. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the at to reply. |
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Free Lunch wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:58:52 -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote in misc.transport.urban-transit: Charles Ellson wrote: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size thus making it easier to accidentally sandwich a high value note in amongst low value notes ? They're all the same size, yes. Folks do occasionally make mistakes, but that's not a major concern (other than for the blind) in bill design compared to anti-counterfeiting features. But, of course, the Fed was told by the courts that their current methods are a violation of the law because they don't take the blind into account. That decision is barely a month old, so it hardly had any effect on the last 80 years of bill design. It's not clear what, if anything, will be done in response. It'll probably still be tied up for a few more years on appeal to the Supreme Court, and I bet Congress will do something about it (i.e. exemption from ADA) by then on request from the Fed and the Treasury. Still, I'm sure something will be done to correct the problem eventually. It _is_ a minor annoyance to the rest of us, but the costs of changing our currency, particularly in a short time period, are tremendous. S |
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:43:17 +0100, hounslow3 wrote:
Will Britain or the Eurozone ever get polymer notes, I wonder? When the Australian Mint patent expires probably. I've heard a story that the Eurozone investigated using Australian style plastic notes, but the Australian Mint holds the process very close and wouldn't release the process for use in Europe. If the Eurozone wanted plastic notes, they would have to be printed in Australia. So the only countries that currently have plastic notes all get the Australian mint to print them for them, so take up of these types of notes has been limited to smaller Pacific rim counties that don't have their own currency printing facilities or don't mind 'out sourcing' it to Australia. |
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:01:24 -0500, Stephen Sprunk
wrote: Free Lunch wrote: On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:58:52 -0500, Stephen Sprunk wrote in misc.transport.urban-transit: Charles Ellson wrote: Aren't US banknotes also all the same size thus making it easier to accidentally sandwich a high value note in amongst low value notes ? They're all the same size, yes. Folks do occasionally make mistakes, but that's not a major concern (other than for the blind) in bill design compared to anti-counterfeiting features. But, of course, the Fed was told by the courts that their current methods are a violation of the law because they don't take the blind into account. That decision is barely a month old, so it hardly had any effect on the last 80 years of bill design. It's not clear what, if anything, will be done in response. It'll probably still be tied up for a few more years on appeal to the Supreme Court, and I bet Congress will do something about it (i.e. exemption from ADA) by then on request from the Fed and the Treasury. Still, I'm sure something will be done to correct the problem eventually. It _is_ a minor annoyance to the rest of us, but the costs of changing our currency, particularly in a short time period, are tremendous. A start could be made by use of distinctive colours and designs/symbols on a sufficiently large section of each note (like Bank of England notes) but without departing greatly from the basic green note. Changing sizes (if actually deemed necessary) could be left until later with the process spread over a number of years. |
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Charles Ellson wrote:
A start could be made by use of distinctive colours and designs/symbols on a sufficiently large section of each note (like Bank of England notes) but without departing greatly from the basic green note. Changing sizes (if actually deemed necessary) could be left until later with the process spread over a number of years. The newest notes _do_ have distinctive coloring; for older notes a cursory glance (by someone with normal vision) will distinguish between them due to the different portraits, even the monochromatic ones. The "large portrait" redesign in the 1990s solved most of the problems for merely "vision impaired" folks, and color took care of the rest. The issue at hand, though, is that neither of those things help the blind figure out what they're holding; you need different sizes, braille, or something similar that can be distinguished solely by touch, and as of today US notes have nothing helpful in that area -- they all feel exactly the same. I recall some notes I had a while back when traveling (FRF? NLG? AUD? NZD?) had clear sections that one could feel and, if given a few seconds, determine the shape and thus what denomination the note was. That's an interesting possibility as an alternative to different sizes or braille. However, I don't know if that would be compatible with the US's use of cloth notes... S |
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:34:08 -0500, Stephen Sprunk
wrote: Charles Ellson wrote: A start could be made by use of distinctive colours and designs/symbols on a sufficiently large section of each note (like Bank of England notes) but without departing greatly from the basic green note. Changing sizes (if actually deemed necessary) could be left until later with the process spread over a number of years. The newest notes _do_ have distinctive coloring; for older notes a cursory glance (by someone with normal vision) will distinguish between them due to the different portraits, even the monochromatic ones. The "large portrait" redesign in the 1990s solved most of the problems for merely "vision impaired" folks, and color took care of the rest. Ah! I don't get many in my change "over here" so I missed that happening. ;-) The issue at hand, though, is that neither of those things help the blind figure out what they're holding; you need different sizes, braille, or something similar that can be distinguished solely by touch, and as of today US notes have nothing helpful in that area -- they all feel exactly the same. I recall some notes I had a while back when traveling (FRF? NLG? AUD? NZD?) had clear sections that one could feel and, if given a few seconds, determine the shape and thus what denomination the note was. That's an interesting possibility as an alternative to different sizes or braille. However, I don't know if that would be compatible with the US's use of cloth notes... BoE notes have holograms integrated into the (made from rag IIRC) paper so mixing materials doesn't seem to be a problem. With Braille I suspect the difficulty lies with the inconstant thickness resulting or the eventual flattening of the "dots". Punching holes in the notes is probably not an option so relying on textural differences seems to be the remaining option if the size and/or colour can't be changed. Possibly a variation on the BoE holograms could provide textural "dots" but how many different denominations of dollar note would need to be identified ? |
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Matthew Geier wrote:
So the only countries that currently have plastic notes all get the Australian mint to print them for them, so take up of these types of notes has been limited to smaller Pacific rim counties that don't have their own currency printing facilities or don't mind 'out sourcing' it to Australia. Doesn't the Isle of Man have plastic notes? Are theirs Australian as well? Phil |
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"Charles Ellson" wrote BoE notes have holograms integrated into the (made from rag IIRC) paper so mixing materials doesn't seem to be a problem. With Braille I suspect the difficulty lies with the inconstant thickness resulting or the eventual flattening of the "dots". Punching holes in the notes is probably not an option so relying on textural differences seems to be the remaining option if the size and/or colour can't be changed. Possibly a variation on the BoE holograms could provide textural "dots" but how many different denominations of dollar note would need to be identified ? I'm not sure what features blind people use to distinguish BoE notes, but apart from different size for different denominations, and the hologram, they use raised printing. In the past the size of BoE notes have changed (the white fivers were ginormous, and in the 1960s we got new small pound notes - didn't we accuse Harold Wilson of shrinking the pound?), though I suspect that changing the size of notes now would cause difficulties for cash machines, vending machines that accept notes, etc. Peter |
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On 24 Jun, 20:05, (Neil Williams)
wrote: In the UK it is also conventional that you notify your bank if you intend on travelling abroad. It is? I've never done or heard of this, and nor have any of the other people I've just asked about it... -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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John B gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying: In the UK it is also conventional that you notify your bank if you intend on travelling abroad. It is? I've never done or heard of this, and nor have any of the other people I've just asked about it... I've never done or had a problem as a result of not doing so - but SWMBO seems to think that they need to know. God knows why. Mind you, she's with Barclays, so I really wouldn't put anything past them. |
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Adrian wrote:
John B gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: In the UK it is also conventional that you notify your bank if you intend on travelling abroad. It is? I've never done or heard of this, and nor have any of the other people I've just asked about it... I've never done or had a problem as a result of not doing so - but SWMBO seems to think that they need to know. God knows why. Mind you, she's with Barclays, so I really wouldn't put anything past them. In theory, you are more likely to have problems with card purchases abroad if you don't notify the card issuer, as an unexpected batch of transactions in a foreign country might be regarded as suspicious (use of cloned card, etc.). In practice I've never had a problem. Barclaycard do ask customers to notify them when going abroad, and they'll tell you what the current Visa exchange rate is. HSBC seem indifferent, and refuse to tell you what the Mastercard exchange rate is. -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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