Re: Court sez Treasury must make bills discernable by the blind

"Jon Purkey" <room321_email@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Tue, 20 May 2008 14:10:54 -0700 (PDT), RF <fwdixon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_go_ot/blind_money
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> Just eliminate all bills and switch entirely to coins. :)
>
> Seriously, it seems the Treasury Department could add some sort of
> raised lettering without significantly increasing the cost of
> production. Even small holes could be felt by many blind people. Just
> punch the holes when cutting the notes.

Can't you just see the amateur counterfeiters drooling over that?

>
> Changing the size of the notes would require too many other changes
> such as vending machines, money counting machines, the size of the
> slots in cash registers, etc.

You're leaving yourself wide open to the "they do it in other 
countries....." argument.