Redesigned $1 Bill?
 

I know people get tired of these posts about the $1 bill redesign over and over
again but I heard a rumor on the wheregeorge.com website someone posted that
went like this:

"Yesterday I was speaking to a manager of local McDonalds. He said that a bank
teller he spoke with told him two strange things that I don't believe:

1 - Bill cleaning:
Banks will be cleaning bills soon. Any writing or stamps on bills will be
cleaned off in a solution of some kind. I highly doubt banks would take the
time to clean every bill with writing of some kind on them. (How many bills do
you come across with numbers or letters written on them?)


2 - Redesign of the $1bill:
The portrait will be changed to be similar to the other bills and color
security features will be added to the $1 bill. The last I read, the BEP was
not planning on changing the $1 bill as it was not counterfeited enough to
warrent the extra costs.

I know I should consider the source (no offense to any fast food managers), but
has anyone heard about either of these two changes planned for the $1 bill?"

What do you guys think of these rumors? I thought it was interesting, but doubt
its true. I could see redesigning the $1 bill ( and $2 bill) to match the
higher denominations (large portrait, simple boarder, and low-vision numeral),
but I can't see them adding the color.

Tom

On 18 Jul 2004 07:55:08 GMT, (Malanutt 4 Life)
wrote:

I know people get tired of these posts about the $1 bill redesign over and over
again but I heard a rumor on the wheregeorge.com website someone posted that
went like this:

"Yesterday I was speaking to a manager of local McDonalds. He said that a bank
teller he spoke with told him two strange things that I don't believe:

1 - Bill cleaning:
Banks will be cleaning bills soon. Any writing or stamps on bills will be
cleaned off in a solution of some kind. I highly doubt banks would take the
time to clean every bill with writing of some kind on them. (How many bills do
you come across with numbers or letters written on them?)

Tom,
If they come up with a solution that will disolve any kind of
writing or stamping, what happens to the printing? It's kind of like
that joke about the scientist who develops a solution that will
disolve anything. The problem, of course, is that there's no way to
store it.


2 - Redesign of the $1bill:
The portrait will be changed to be similar to the other bills and color
security features will be added to the $1 bill. The last I read, the BEP was
not planning on changing the $1 bill as it was not counterfeited enough to
warrent the extra costs.

I know I should consider the source (no offense to any fast food managers), but
has anyone heard about either of these two changes planned for the $1 bill?"

I would say that "consider the source" should apply to the bank
teller. To be charitable, they (as a group) are not the most accurate
of sources concerning what's going to happen with the nation's coins
and currency.

Not only that, but consider what would have to happen for it to be
true:

The BEP would have to be lying about there being no plans to redesign
the bill. Governments lie for a lot of stupid reasons, but for no
reason at all?

The bank teller would have to have been told by someone who knows.
Assuming that the teller is not a close personal friend of John
Snow's, Snow would have had to make the decision, tell someone who
told someone, who told someone, etc. until we get to the bank teller
who was told about this secret plan, and nobody blabbed, except the
person who told teller.

take care,
Scott
"off to fetch the relative bearing grease..."

What do you guys think of these rumors? I thought it was interesting, but doubt
its true. I could see redesigning the $1 bill ( and $2 bill) to match the
higher denominations (large portrait, simple boarder, and low-vision numeral),
but I can't see them adding the color.

Tom

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On 18 Jul 2004 07:55:08 GMT, (Malanutt 4 Life)
wrote:

I know people get tired of these posts about the $1 bill redesign over and over
again but I heard a rumor on the wheregeorge.com website someone posted that
went like this:

"Yesterday I was speaking to a manager of local McDonalds. He said that a bank
teller he spoke with told him two strange things that I don't believe:

1 - Bill cleaning:
Banks will be cleaning bills soon. Any writing or stamps on bills will be
cleaned off in a solution of some kind. I highly doubt banks would take the
time to clean every bill with writing of some kind on them. (How many bills do
you come across with numbers or letters written on them?)

Tom,
If they come up with a solution that will disolve any kind of
writing or stamping, what happens to the printing? It's kind of like
that joke about the scientist who develops a solution that will
disolve anything. The problem, of course, is that there's no way to
store it.


2 - Redesign of the $1bill:
The portrait will be changed to be similar to the other bills and color
security features will be added to the $1 bill. The last I read, the BEP was
not planning on changing the $1 bill as it was not counterfeited enough to
warrent the extra costs.

I know I should consider the source (no offense to any fast food managers), but
has anyone heard about either of these two changes planned for the $1 bill?"

I would say that "consider the source" should apply to the bank
teller. To be charitable, they (as a group) are not the most accurate
of sources concerning what's going to happen with the nation's coins
and currency.

Not only that, but consider what would have to happen for it to be
true:

The BEP would have to be lying about there being no plans to redesign
the bill. Governments lie for a lot of stupid reasons, but for no
reason at all?

The bank teller would have to have been told by someone who knows.
Assuming that the teller is not a close personal friend of John
Snow's, Snow would have had to make the decision, tell someone who
told someone, who told someone, etc. until we get to the bank teller
who was told about this secret plan, and nobody blabbed, except the
person who told teller.

take care,
Scott
"off to fetch the relative bearing grease..."

What do you guys think of these rumors? I thought it was interesting, but doubt
its true. I could see redesigning the $1 bill ( and $2 bill) to match the
higher denominations (large portrait, simple boarder, and low-vision numeral),
but I can't see them adding the color.

Tom



Geez, I heard they were going to do away with the 1 dollar bill.(My
barber told me.)
--
"Copper is as copper does."

Joecoin

2 - Redesign of the $1bill:
The portrait will be changed to be similar to the other bills and color
security features will be added to the $1 bill. The last I read, the BEP was
not planning on changing the $1 bill as it was not counterfeited enough to
warrent the extra costs.

The redesigns of the 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 didn't warrant the extra
costs either but that didn't stop them. The old bills were in fact
more complicated, making them harder to counterfeit I'd imagine; not
to mention they're still in circulation so anybody who wanted to
counterfeit a 20 dollar bill could just do one of the old ones.

Touche. I'm constantly amazed that the number of bank tellers that know
NOTHING about coins and currency in general. Check it out:

"They don't make $2 bills anymore."

"What new nickels?"

"Sacagawea dollars are gold."

"Blue (or Red) Seal notes are all counterfeits."

"Alexander Hamilton was a President of the United States."

"What's this (reference to an Ike dollar)?"

On the plus side, though, if tellers were as knowledgable as us, we wouldn't
get near the cool stuff we get from banks.

Jerry
My Vault Manager is a big silver dollar collector who one bragged that he'd
gotten a CC Morgan a in deposit.

"Scott Stevenson" writes:

I would say that "consider the source" should apply to the bank
teller. To be charitable, they (as a group) are not the most accurate
of sources concerning what's going to happen with the nation's coins
and currency.

Touche. I'm constantly amazed that the number of bank tellers that know
NOTHING about coins and currency in general.


Not numismatic, but the last teller
I dealt with had a very hard time counting out my money. I was getting back
$256
in cash and she had to count it
out at least five times before she
got it right. I think the various denominations of the bills was
confusing her for some reason.
I was not trying anything funny like
asking for $2 bills or anything like
that, just $50s, $20s, $10s etc.

Some bank tellers HATE writing or stamping on bills.

They similarly HATE the people who do it.

They believe that it is "illegal" and even think the people who do it are "evil".

SO, to drive the "evil" people insane, they make up stories and spread them. That way the
"evil stampers" will start hitting their heads like "Rain Man" and scream out "Serious
Injury"!

The perfect story is that all bills will be washed and the ink will be removed. How
stupid. how could anyone believe this? Do you have any idea what that would cost? Do you
have any idea how the "Evil ink" will be magically washed off the bill while the "Good
ink" remains on the bill?

There will be NO redesign of the FBI-RD. Eventually it will be discontinued. Deal with it.

Now the only true rumor is that they will be melting down the "RARE APOLLO XI DOLLAR COINS
FROM THE 1900's". I just don't know when.

Better start hoarding them all before they get melted.

;-)

-Fred Shecter
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I know people get tired of these posts about the $1 bill redesign over and over
again but I heard a rumor on the wheregeorge.com website someone posted that
went like this:

"Yesterday I was speaking to a manager of local McDonalds. He said that a bank
teller he spoke with told him two strange things that I don't believe:

1 - Bill cleaning:
Banks will be cleaning bills soon. Any writing or stamps on bills will be
cleaned off in a solution of some kind. I highly doubt banks would take the
time to clean every bill with writing of some kind on them. (How many bills do
you come across with numbers or letters written on them?)


2 - Redesign of the $1bill:
The portrait will be changed to be similar to the other bills and color
security features will be added to the $1 bill. The last I read, the BEP was
not planning on changing the $1 bill as it was not counterfeited enough to
warrent the extra costs.

I know I should consider the source (no offense to any fast food managers), but
has anyone heard about either of these two changes planned for the $1 bill?"

What do you guys think of these rumors? I thought it was interesting, but doubt
its true. I could see redesigning the $1 bill ( and $2 bill) to match the
higher denominations (large portrait, simple boarder, and low-vision numeral),
but I can't see them adding the color.

Tom

From: jden195

I'm constantly amazed that the number of bank tellers that know NOTHING about
coins and currency in general

A branch manager of a Major bank told me he does not ask his tellers to be
knowledgeable in US Currency or coins. It's just not their job. Their job is
to manage deposits, transfers, and withdrawals. Anything else, a bank
specialist is called upon (for the likes of opening / closing accounts, loans,
buying CDs, etc)

Tellers are elaborate ATMachines. Or, ATMachines are elaborate tellers.
8-|
- Coin Saver

Well Fred, if the $1 rag will be discontinued eventually, when do you think
that will be? I'm just curious as to what you think.

Tom

Well, if Jim Benfield had not passed away and continued to work on overcoming the
obstacles to Golden Dollar circulation (like sorting out and melting down the SBA/Apollo
XI dollars), I was betting on 2004. That was not to be....

If Kerry wins, then you can bet that the Crane folks will have his ear and they will not
allow the FBI-RD to be discontinued.

If ending the production of the FBI-RD is too scary for our elected representatives, then
it's up to US to do the other part of the job:

Keep ordering dollar coins from the bank and use them for everything.

Contact vending operators who do not have stickers on their machines (that's most of them)
or whose machines will not accept dollar coins (very few by now thanks to replacement of
equipment).

Keep ordering dollar coins from the bank and use them for everything.

Frequent those dollar coin self car washes. I've seen a LOT more of them lately. The
dollar coins save the operators tons of $$$ since they don't have to visit as often to
refill thousands of Quarters in the change machine. A load of dollar coins last for a long
time.

Keep ordering dollar coins from the bank and use them for everything.

Use dollar coins in the self-check stands at your local stores. Here in the Los Angeles
area we have them in every Home Depot and they are installed in some Wal-Marts and they
are installing them in more and more Albertson's supermarkets and a few Ralph's (the local
Kroger affiliate).

Keep ordering dollar coins from the bank and use them for everything.

(Notice how I keep repeating that one?)

-Fred Shecter
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Well Fred, if the $1 rag will be discontinued eventually, when do you think
that will be? I'm just curious as to what you think.

Tom