The 1,000 banknote from Maldives is considered to be one of the most beautiful of all currencies

a month ago by ickplant to c/mildlyinteresting

SaveTheTuaHawk 180 points a month ago

Canada could have had this...

We use pics of asshole PMs and the Queen instead.

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MissJinx 62 points a month ago

I think at this point in world history we should just stop idolizing people, whoever they are. I love the idea of having animals or cultural symbols in the notes (like canada's leaf, france's eiffel, US's burguers etc)

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NoForwadSlashS 32 points a month ago

burguers

Made me re-read this whole comment in a thick French accent

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MML 6 points a month ago path: 0 24913615 24915890 24916655 24918899, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 2
Cris_Citrus 3 points a month ago

Thank you for blessing me with these fond memories from my childhood ๐Ÿฅน

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Bluewing 1 point a month ago

I was thinking this is more to the point.

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Aceticon 8 points a month ago

How else would the plebes know who their betters are?!

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Madison420 7 points a month ago

Australia got glow in the dark dinosaurs.

Ed: wait no Canada got the glow in the dark dinosaurs and Australia got regular non glowing ones.

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Bob_Robertson_IX 22 points a month ago

I don't know... I kinda like the $5 bill with the astronaut on it.

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Ludicrous0251 10 points a month ago

Over a badass wolf? Put the astronaut on a coin nobody uses and move on.

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teslekova 10 points a month ago

Compromise: Wolf astronaut.

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idunnololz 5 points a month ago

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anon6789 13 points a month ago

Animal money is best money!

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NottaLottaOcelot 3 points a month ago

I do think a narwhal bill could be especially majestic

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captainlezbian 2 points a month ago

Canada should've done that

And this is making me think the US could do national parks on our money. We could have colorful geyser money, but nooooo we needed a slaver on that billโ€ฆ

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carrylex 54 points a month ago path: 0 24918575, hotness: undefined, score: 54, children: 10
Grass 16 points a month ago

I'm on team bird money but its not my call. The humans ones should also have the names for the sake of uneducated outsiders like me.

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Terminarchs 11 points a month ago

Damn some of these go hard as fuck

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arc99 3 points a month ago

That's a pretty lame contest. Contestants were told to make notes from an exact list of famous Europeans or birds with some lame architecture on the other side. Can you imagine the excruciating process of finding and sorting either list - "Marie Curie can't be there because she left a negative comment around the cleanliness of her room at a Belgian conference!", "Our prime minister died from an allergic reaction to curlews!"

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RobotToaster 6 points a month ago

At least countries can put whatever they want on their own euro coins. These notes just scream designed by a committee of bureaucrats.

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Bluewing 6 points a month ago

That's the best part. They have always been.

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Goldholz 3 points a month ago

Yeah! Dont need national symbols on bills. But the coins! Ooh that is where the fun begins! Especially the special edition coins nations make!

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FireWire400 2 points a month ago

Everyone vote for Design J, pls

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Logarrhythmia 3 points a month ago

Jโ€™s bird side amd Aโ€™s building side would be perfect.

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Goldholz 2 points a month ago

I perfer H.

If only in D the stripe wouldnt be in the middle!! Then D would be the supirior option!

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captainlezbian 1 point a month ago

J and A are my favorites

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mctoasterson 51 points a month ago

Cool. 1000 MVR is currently about $65 USD.

So for $130 plus the cost of framing, you can display both sides of the currency as art in your house.

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aeronmelon 30 points a month ago

โ‚ฌ115

If I have enough money to vacation in the Maldives, this s a reasonable souvenir.

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SatansMaggotyCumFart 28 points a month ago

I have one of these to snort coke with.

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FreshLight 10 points a month ago

How wholesome :)

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Nonconfrontational 3 points a month ago

That explains all the holes in your brain!

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robotica 9 points a month ago

Username does not check out

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Nonconfrontational 2 points a month ago

Nailed it

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ScoffingLizard 19 points a month ago

USA: Best we can do is droopy-eyed, rich, white, rapist, enslaver men with powdered wigs who by todays standards might be the most unfuckable men who ever lived. Also some illuminati symbols to troll the public about our psuedo-secret bank club full of pedophile extortionists.

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The_Picard_Maneuver 18 points a month ago

That is very beautiful

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radiofreebc 14 points a month ago
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FireWire400 6 points a month ago

Aussie coins more so than their banknotes IMO

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tigeruppercut 4 points a month ago

Cool but ridiculous. The 50ยข piece is out of control with the size

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teslekova 7 points a month ago

You're intimidated by its geometric majesty.

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FireWire400 6 points a month ago

Look at it, though, it has a kangaroo on it and everything, and it's fucking dodecagonal

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redwattlebird 3 points a month ago

It's great though! I can tell exactly how much I have in my pockets without looking!

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tigeruppercut 3 points a month ago

Why, because they tear a giant hole in your pocket with the weight so you know you have no coins in there? ;)

Japan made all their coins identifiable by touch as well. There's a small and big one, then for the 4 with similar sizes 2 have milled edges and 2 have holes.

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Viking_Hippie 2 points a month ago

looks it up

Over 3cm? That's insane! ๐Ÿ˜„

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0ops 12 points a month ago

I can't believe whale sharks are even real

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Swedneck 2 points a month ago

weirdly they feel a lot more sensible than actual whales, to me.
Whale sharks are effectively just an oversized non-bottom-feeding version of those fish you put in an aquarium, it's not strange for a fish to evolve like that.
But actual whales? Somehow a creature looking like a boar turned into pseudo-fishes that spend all their time under water while still having to breathe air, and became so ludicrously large that the smallest ones are human-sized. wtf

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Wildmimic 12 points a month ago

Beats any Euro banknote for sure.

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blackbeans 9 points a month ago

Beats euro bills. But euro bills aren't bad compared to most. They have color, artwork and growing sizes depending on their value.

My favorite European bill is the Swiss one though.

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cannedtuna 4 points a month ago

I kinda like the differing sizes as it makes identification easier.

Personally tho, I wish coinage was more common. Not cents, but whole values as I think theyโ€™re easy to carry for small denominations and pay with.

I hate having to stand at the counter trying to shove bills that crinkle and fold into my wallet while someone waits behind me.

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Zidane 6 points a month ago

I always shove my change in my pocket and deal with it later.

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Axolotl_cpp 2 points a month ago

bills that crinkle

Never had that issue with euro bills tbh but i can see it happen with dollars and all those shitty bills

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Aceticon 2 points a month ago

It's the Euro coins that are nice, and even that only for those from some countries (one side of Euro coins varies depending on the country that issued them).

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Squizzy 3 points a month ago

Yeah ours are a bit dull, intentionally so with their landmarks. They are too big also could do with an all round 15% reduction.

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carrylex 3 points a month ago path: 0 24911816 24918544, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
Chozo 12 points a month ago

For some reason, I really like having the reverse side being in portrait orientation. I wish more notes were designed that way.

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USSEthernet 9 points a month ago

STFU, you're going to make this a challenge for the orange one to put more of his face everywhere thinking it's "beautiful"

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fonix232 11 points a month ago

A face so beautiful only a mother could love it

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HulkSmashBurgers 10 points a month ago

This pic reminds me of Capt Pike from the Star Trek pilot.

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chiliedogg 13 points a month ago

That character is from the initially-unaired pilot ("The Cage"), but that shot (and actor) is from "The Menagerie" - a 2-part episode from the first season that re-used scenes from The Cage as flashbacks.

They had Pike injured and in the wheelchair so they could use makeup and the "beep" communications to disguise the fact that the actor playing him was different in the newly-filmed scenes versus those from the flashbacks.

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teslekova 2 points a month ago

Thx, did not know that. Always nice to find out something new about Trek.

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D_C 5 points a month ago

Why is the orange child rapist wearing earrings?

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Kazumara 8 points a month ago path: 0 24929238, hotness: undefined, score: 8, children: 2
pyre 4 points a month ago

i think they did tone it back. the first impression on the previous ones was "oh my god that's so many colors". the second batch seem to make them toned down to a primary and a secondary color for each. i like them more. typography is ass in both though.

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bitjunkie 2 points a month ago

I did not realize Switzerland wasn't on the Euro. Anyway, your money does look cool!

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tanisnikana 8 points a month ago

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Goldholz 7 points a month ago

Europe: okay hold my beer with my new bills coming out

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HumbleBragger 7 points a month ago

Seems like Brazilian currency. We have animals in the notes too and the sea turtle is one of them

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SCmSTR 6 points a month ago

You could hold up a turd in that picture background and I'd still think it was a good picture

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PieMePlenty 6 points a month ago

"Gimmie a thousand turtles" we'd say, and they'd reply with "I just have a thousand sharks".

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YiddishMcSquidish 6 points a month ago

No argument here.

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chahn.chris 5 points a month ago

Most beautiful of all, so far!

Just wait till big daddy T gets his face on the 1,000 USD bill.

The beauty then will be euge!

/s (also sorry for ruining an otherwise nice post but I couldnโ€™t resist. Feel free to downvote this into oblivion)

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WhatsHerBucket 1 point a month ago

Like this, you mean?

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chahn.chris 3 points a month ago

The beauty is difficult to behold.

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Goldholz 2 points a month ago

MY EYES!!! IT BURNS!!!! MAKE IT STOP!!

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Pattylay 5 points a month ago

Maldives mentioned

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technocrit 5 points a month ago

They make it real pretty so people don't realize it's a worthless piece of paper used for the violent control of humanity.

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Jack 4 points a month ago path: 0 24930993, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
Aceticon 4 points a month ago

Could've just said "The 1000 rufiyaa banknote" on the title.

It's right there on the note in latin characters (on the left picture, below the top-right "1000").

Mind you maybe it's just me who finds it wierd to talk about a currency and not actually saying its name.

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teslekova 6 points a month ago

Rufiyaa, Rufiyaa, Ru-Fi-yaaaa!

Bangarang!

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colourlessidea 4 points a month ago

No no, itโ€™s 1000 monies of course

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devaly 1 point a month ago path: 0 24911488, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 4
ickplant 13 points a month ago

I changed it to โ€œone of the most beautifulโ€ to be more accurate.

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devaly 2 points a month ago

makes sense. It's very beautiful, but you can't claim it's the most beautiful without specifying a source that's not "me".

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ickplant 1 point a month ago

๐Ÿ’ฏ

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Treczoks 2 points a month ago

There are some really beautiful notes there.

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Nonconfrontational -7 points a month ago

Who thinks currency is beautiful, and who's taking the time to rank them?

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Guilvareux 6 points a month ago

I mean, if you look real close itโ€™s actually the picture theyโ€™re looking at

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ickplant 5 points a month ago

Notaphilists do.

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Nonconfrontational 2 points a month ago

Fair.

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nightlily -10 points a month ago

I see weโ€™re stealing reddit bot posts now.

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ickplant 16 points a month ago

Youโ€™re welcome to post your own content.

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nightlily -4 points a month ago

So not a denial. Hereโ€™s the post they shamelessly copied, down to the title, which was already a low effort bot post with an unsourced claim. https://old.reddit.com/...

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ickplant 17 points a month ago

A denial of what? The fact that damn near every single meme you see on Lemmy has been on Reddit at some point? Are we really having this discussion?

Seriously, go post your own content instead of complaining about other peopleโ€™s. We could always use more content on Lemmy!

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anon6789 8 points a month ago

Dang, at least the person that mildly tried calling me out for sourcing from Facebook this morning was polite about it! ๐Ÿ˜…

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ChunkMcHorkle 4 points a month ago

Not having been on Reddit for years, I missed it entirely. And it's a good one, it brought some beauty into my scroll. OP has kindly allowed those of us not on the digital equivalent of a Superfund site to be able to enjoy it too.

Maybe what really should have been left on Reddit was the desire to personally police what others choose to post instead of simply appreciating it, or not, and then moving on.

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