Dowling Duncan submits a unique currency redesign concept for Richard Smith’s Dollar ReDe$ign Project.
“…We have kept the width the same as the existing dollars. However we have changed the size of the note so that the one dollar is shorter and the 100 dollar is the longest. When stacked on top of each other it is easy to see how much money you have. It also makes it easier for the visually impaired to distinguish between notes…”
—Dowling Duncan on the proposed redesign for US bank notes
new 100 dollar bill redesign: “Know Its Features So You Can Know It’s Real”
The U.S Government has unveiled a new makeover for the $100 note, which is equipped with newer technology to prevent counterfeiting. This looks like a technical upgrade, not the full redesign many have been hoping for.
“…The blue 3-D Security Ribbon on the front of the new $100 note contains images of bells and 100s that move and change from one to the other as you tilt the note. The Bell in the Inkwell on the front of the note is another new security feature. The bell changes color from copper to green when the note is tilted, an effect that makes it seem to appear and disappear within the copper inkwell…
The back of the note has a new vignette of Independence Hall featuring the rear, rather than the front, of the building. Both the vignette on the back of the note and the portrait on the front have been enlarged, and the oval that previously appeared around both images has been removed…” —via press release
The United States Department of the Treasury has put together an “animated tutorial” and a video to get a better look at some of the new enhancements figured into the redesign. The new bills will not be put into circulation until February 10, 2011.
“The newest Lincoln Penny was unveiled Thursday Feb. 11, 2010 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. The penny has a redesigned tails side, featuring a union shield, that will appear on one-cent coins from this year forward.” —State Journal Register
This is the fifth redesign of the Lincoln one-cent coin since February of 2009.
(top image via Coin Update News)
On President’s Day we found it fitting to take another look at the upcoming redesign of the Abraham Lincoln One-Cent coin.
In 2009, the United States Mint is minting and issuing four different one-cent coins in recognition of the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth and the 100th anniversary of the first issuance of the Lincoln cent. The themes for the reverse designs represent the four major aspects of President Lincoln’s life… —The US Mint
(this is an update to an earlier post on the Lincoln penny redesign)
After 50 years, the penny gets a redesign.
Four new versions will be coming next year to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.
New Lincoln penny designs unveiled
The New Designs Revealed for the Royal Mint. The classic, but modernized coins, were designed by 26-year old Matthew Dent.
