Why is US Paper Money Green?

[@TodayIFoundOut]

Most of us like seeing some green money in our hand, but green egg yolks are another story -so why do they turn green when hard boiled too long? www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/05/yolk-hard-boiled-egg-eventually-turn-green/

[@celtgunn9775]

The yolk turns green due to sulfur when over cooked... Never looks very appealing & always very crumbly and dry. By the way, did you know that American paper money is actually made out of bluejean cotton? I learned most other Nations make theirs out of a thin plastic but not the US.

[@wesleyharrison9014]

Once again amazing video.Im Canadian our money is multicolored and as such a subject of ridicule from folks south of the border wait till I tell em we invented the bills he's waving around claiming superiority for no reason whatsoever.

[@Nesseight]

My mother hard-boils eggs weird. She boils them, then puts the lid on the pot and lets them set in the water for way too long, like 30 minutes. She was taught that the slight grey around the yolk meant that it was properly cooked. I have since learned that it means that it is overcooked, and I hard-boil eggs using steam until the yolk is solid. If I am going to eat it immediately I will even soft-boil it to where the yolk is still mostly liquid but piping hot. That's not really any different from sunny-side-up or over-easy when frying, probably safer. 30 minutes is way too long, and steam is quicker than over-saturation in water.

[@decorativewingdings]

The eggs turn green in order to be properly served alongside green ham

[@MeepMeep88]

For those crunched on time 1:50 is when the video starts

[@randomstufproductions2526]

thank you kind sir

[@SleazyMouse]

Yeah that shit made my dick soft

[@parapsycho13]

Or for those who just don't want to sit and watch a two minute ad...

[@coreyh3170]

This video was so slow and dry I even forgot there was an ad at the beginning.

[@arcticviper252]

1:50 of stupid shit that isn't relevant to non-americans... What the hell are credit scores good for anyway?

[@FranciscoSciaraffia]

remember, if it's free, you're the product.

[@chownful]

it's not a bug, it's the feature - cenk

[@vincenthodges647]

@@chownful anything from cenk is a literal joke

[@chownful]

@@vincenthodges647 general cenk is a leader

[@johnathanross4805]

I like that saying. I'm keeping it. It's wisdom

[@johnapple6646]

@@vincenthodges647 who's cenk

[@connormccloy9399]

Sponsorships are a reality of making a living on KZbin. Based solely upon the information from this video, this one was well done.

[@chariqy]

Hi Simon! My dad co-owned a multi-store printing business in the 80s, 90s, and 00s. One day the Secret Service showed up in his office saying that they had tracked large sums of counterfit money to one of his printing presses. They were never able to find any counterfit cash, but they did find a print roller with a $20 bill on it.

[@coldspade1590]

Vid starts at 1:50

[@BrandenAllen]

Thanks, that's was a little excessive for an add.

[@Kaiserdudegaming]

Why couldn't these mid-vid ads only be like... 10 seconds tops? 2 minutes shilling is excessive.

[@Cryptogram44]

Thx

[@bluetextbooks]

Branden Allen I agree it was of putting. I hope he was well compensated.

[@vickyabramowitz4919]

+Branden Allen (Jason55904) Excessive and downright annoying.

[@maiconjunior2303]

Is it me or is the speech pattern weird in this?

[@AIM54A]

I noticed this.. like he was having issue breathing while talking.

[@neomatrix001]

Maicon Junior , it. Is. Indeed.

[@GuylnABlueShirt]

Yes, I agree, he is, indeed, speaking very, weirdly.

[@MrGuy271]

He’s trying to stretch the video out even though it was easily over 10 minutes. Maybe he just wanted to be sure

[@michaelbianchi22]

Sounds like the onset of an asthma attack

[@dr3wrocks]

1:50 to skip ad

[@Cryptogram44]

dr3wrocks thx

[@SEThatered]

Simon's diction and pronunciation is so clear and defined that I find it easy to listen to TIFO on 1.5x and 2.0x speed and not miss a word!

[@roninelenion4805]

Oddly enough, I'm watching this instead of doing my economics homework. The chapter I should be working on is "Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy".

[@9HighFlyer9]

Ronin Elenion isn't that the title of every chapter in economics?

[@eansba88-]

Extra credit for everyone!

[@roninelenion4805]

HighFlyer That's what I thought before I took economics.

[@insightoftheages5571]

I hope they're having you cover the gold standard and the difference between Keynesian and and Austrian economics

[@bassboy2947]

Econ is fun. Good luck in the class!

[@michaelhagerman1074]

Ad was excessively long

[@1-eye-willy]

Hes gotta supplement his income and he only has a few avenues to do that immediately on youtube

[@vincenthodges647]

Adblock my friend

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

Video is free. Someone has to pay.

[@vincenthodges647]

@@TimothyOBrien1958 yeah his sponsors...

[@sfsaviation]

fun fact, when the physical video you're watching is the ad, you can skip

[@fsmoura]

13:42 _"In silver payable to the bearer on demand"_ (1957) Ha ha, good joke.

[@gewgulkansuhckitt9086]

United States currency used to be flesh toned, but then it was exposed to a huge dose of gamma radiation. Now, when U.S. currency gets angry, U.S. CURRENCY SMASH!!! That's my theory. Have you got a better one?

[@chuckymcnubbin1518]

Yep, I do. The original paper stock was left in damp conditions for a while and it became covered in green mold so they kept it green... ... 😁 😜 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂.

[@cookiecola5852]

Gewgulkan Suhckitt, TERRIBLE poor bills😣

[@amtscat05]

Anybody else waiting for him to say “Even though US money is called paper money. US currency is in fact not paper. It is 75% Cotten and 25% Linen mixture with Red and Blue fibers mix in.”

[@deadfred821]

Says US money isn’t printed on paper.🤔 Proceeds to describe the type of paper US money is printed on!😂 You do realize that there are many ways to create paper from many different pulp (such as wood, hemp, corn, cotton, etc);not just from wood, right? Most biblical text are printed on hemp paper. Heck; I’m willing to bet even Walmart has cotton paper & hemp paper.

[@amtscat05]

I am aware there are different things you can make paper out of. Was just saying it was not mentioned what it was made of. Other than calling it paper money. What is the time stamp that he talks about this? All I am hearing is just the process for the colour.

[@annettemartin766]

I wonder if Simon cringes at some of these adverts

[@metzger5850]

He's 146% about Dollar shave club.

[@GravityFromAbove]

"Greenback, greenback dollar bill Just a little piece of paper, coated with chlorophyll" - Ray Charles

[@chownful]

he was blind so how did he know it was green???

[@GravityFromAbove]

People tend to talk.

[@tylerlan9578]

People actually tend to talk? WOW, I didn't know that!

[@JasonDoege]

"It's not easy being green." -Kermit

[@michaelgentry8551]

Jason Doege That was a song for all the multi cultural children back in the 70's. It's not easy being something else for example.

[@chownful]

"It ain't easy being greasy" - Fred Durst, the man, the myth, the compulsive masturbator. Quite possibly one of the greatest musical artists of all time.

[@greggi47]

It must have been around 2001 that I bought a ream of paper produced by the Crane company sold under the name of Old Money. It was literally recycled US currency that had been retired because of wear. I still have maybe 200 sheets (and a few envelopes) that I use sparingly for letters. The product is no longer manufactured. It's a lovely shade of green, crisp with cotton fiber content, and a joy to hold and write on.

[@rucksoclown7696]

@@chownful you’ve never listened to Spose

[@stormrose7929]

Skip to 1:50 to skip integrated ad.

[@johnbeauvais3159]

7:13 This principle of green appearing black on a camera was used during WWII with the serial numbers on vehicles. The numbers were painted in a blue gray that would look invisible compared to the base color olive drab

[@JustinY.]

Because green is not a creative color.

[@crust1na602]

DHMIS

[@largepeep8710]

You... ...I like you.

[@jillian5713]

Justin Y. THAT THING GAVE ME NIGHTMARES

[@alejandrodecorse9437]

Justin Y. No....NO

[@sthlng2180]

Stop likebotting.

[@ClellBiggs]

"Although at first the committee had thought that portraits should be limited to presidents, they made exception... and of course, Benjamin Franklin." And rightfully so.

[@ronblack7870]

until the woke crowed decide it's racist somehow

[@jaridkeen123]

Omg is this whole video an ad? 1:30 min later and still an ad

[@BogWitch8440]

if you're just going to complain about what youtubers have to do to make a living, just U S E the seek bar at the bottom of the video... It's there for a reason

[@TommoCarroll]

Always find the Abraham Lincoln secret service fact really interesting, so whoop thanks for including it!

[@ShouinGN]

OMG! There is an ad embedded in the video! WHYYY! Doesn't Whistler and his team know that they should do all this research and presentation work for free?! Besides that, KZbin has been paying all these creators so well, lately!

[@Loztc0ld]

GoMadNomad for real! Bunch of entitled kids, angry about free content!

[@new_filler]

It was 2 fucking minutes long

[@brandonpike7046]

I understand advertisements and sponsors are a part of sucessful Youtubing. I just really appreciate this style of putting the ads before and after the videos instead of the middle

[@TigerXGame]

I shit you not I almost fell asleep during the reading of that entire fucking letter.

[@savage1267]

TigerXtrm Hee hee hee. It was long.

[@greggi47]

What happened to my lamentation of the loss of a wonderful product from the Crane paper company? It was called Old Money because that's what it was made from, retired bills that were reprocessed to produce fine writing paper tinted a lovely light green. It must have been the addition of metallic strips and other things to thwart counterfeiting that did the stuff in. I still have a limited supply of sheets and envelopes that I use sparingly.

[@oslonorway547]

Why is the sky blue? Why are some oceans green, but some blue? Why is water colorless? And why can't chickens fly (for long), or, what's the record flight for a chicken or ostrich, or other "flightless" bird?

[@naota3k]

The sky is blue because of Rayleigh scattering Some oceans are green because of algae bloom, or because of depths and mineral content. Generally, in large quantity, water appears blue Water is not colorless, as implied by the previous question. I don't know shit about chickens but they're probably bred that way. Imagine a Chihuahua or Pug as a wild dog trying to survive; probably won't last long, same idea

[@MK-ex4pb]

Oslo MGTOW water actually isn't colorless

[@joesjoeys]

naota3k Thank you for saving me the time to type this myself :)

[@savage1267]

Oslo MGTOW You're MGTOW, but in Oslo. Seems a crazy thing. Given those COLD WINTERS. ❄

[@oslonorway547]

savage1267 Do you use women to stay warm in the winter?

[@billgrandone3552]

One of the best "I Found Out" shows you have produced .Thanks for the info.

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

Ok you got me, I was preparing something to eat when I started the video... ended up listening to the whole commercial in the beginning. You got me, this time -_-

[@steamboatmodel]

Living in Toronto Canada we quite often see green backs, but back in the 60s & 70s they were not so common. I was working at a gas station at the time on the night shift and found a calligraphy set that had inks that matched the green and black in US bills. The $CAN & $USD were about par at the time so when someone paid in $USD it was common for us to switch the $USD with our personal $CND to save on the hassle in filling out bank deposits ( $USD had to be listed separate). Well one night I got bored and altered a $USD 1.00 and added All others pay cash in the space below the seal, so the Bill read "IN GOD WE TRUST ALL OTHERS PAY CASH". I then pinned it on the corkboard behind the cash register, and thought no more of it. Thee days later on my days off I got a call from the boss, would I explain to the dummy on afternoon shift what I had done and that $USD did not have "ALL OTHERS PAY CASH" He was refusing to take $USD and accusing the customers of trying to pay counterfeit bills.

[@jamesslick4790]

👍😜👍

[@faulentin6002]

1:50 you're welcome

[@Cryptogram44]

faulentin thx g

[@BibleStudent4U]

Great video as usual, btw larger size paper money that was printed before they became standard are referred to colloquially as horse blankets

[@lostboytnt1]

Very informative video! I do enjoy how in depth you go into the information you provide! I will say tho, although I realize that your videos are partially subsidized by sponsorship, and the quality of what you provide makes that a necessary evil, I think this one was a bit heavy on it, in the beginning. the entire beginning segment of the video was essentially an advertisement, which might have led some to thing that was the primary basis of the entire video, had they not sat through it, and just skipped on instead.

[@savage1267]

lostboytnt1 It's true.

[@kingkevin267]

Short answer, in the early to mid 1800s, it was common to easily make counterfeit money, by taking low dollar notes, wiping the ink on them, and then reprinting them with a higher value. By combining the green, and black, it made that impossible. Since most people did not have access to special equipment needed to print 2 tone ink, and it was impossible to wipe the black, with out also wiping the green, it was impossible to counterfeit (for the most part).

[@jessn.2665]

The video starts at 1:50

[@scorpiociety777]

I'd like to watch a (Pt2?) video focused on the actual paper used in making money, as well as the chosen designs many are still perplexed by to this day.

[@PixelatedH2O]

American "paper" money is actually mostly cloth.

[@jibb1451]

1:48 the real video starts.

[@royms2000]

The. Real. Video. That consists entirely of. A. Man. Reading. Old documents while talking. Like. This. This channel has had some great videos before, but they laid an egg here.

[@jibb1451]

royms2000 exactly. but. with less. advertising. cringy. advertising.

[@pathacker4963]

Credit Sesame ad on a video about the color of money. How appropriate. Does credit have a color? Perhaps "red".

[@richardmattingly7000]

To Remi Steele, The 1$ bill only last 18mos on average once it's in circulation and 100$ is about a decade before their sent back to the US Treasury for destruction/replacement. However a bill is only replaced if it's deemed worn out and any bill that isn't remains in circulation can be decades old. A bill printed in 2018 might not be put into circulation this year as the Federal Reserve Branches order only new ones when necessary.

[@vinnyb113]

Almost 2 min ad toooooLong

[@dylanhultman3922]

Vinny Bottitta skip it.

[@Aipe97]

It would maybe have been useful to also explain how counterfeiting by photography or any of the other methods mentioned worked, because I did get a bit confused on how exactly the special green and black ink would help.

[@scottmcintosh4397]

Hence the term "Greenbacks." 💵💸 The Secret Service comes under the auspices of the Treasury Department.

[@burntorangeak]

Met Simon at a coffee shop one time, His natural cadence of speech is identical to when he reads legal documents.

[@dylc5604]

Why are all the notes the same size aswel though, must be difficult for vision impaired..

[@cmdraftbrn]

because it's cheaper to have one size be all. the more sizes you have the more likely you are to fuck up the process of printing it.

[@dylc5604]

cmdraftbrn Works fine in the eurozone. There's 7 different bank notes and they're all different colours

[@rikk319]

Americans need to have their hand held and things dumbed down to a 4th grade level, forgive them.

[@cmdraftbrn]

remember class. stupid people are easier to manipulate and control.

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Tommy Edison (blind KZbinr) talks about this on his channel, and I think it’s kind of tragic. He has to memorize where every bill is in his wallet and trust that the cashier isn’t scamming him every time he buys something.

[@dghart76]

Great research on your behalf.

[@rustedskelotonproductionse3687]

Is this a video about credit score or the fact that money is green?

[@CGoody564]

Your credit score is green. Wait a minute...

[@uzaiyaro]

Here in Australia, all of our notes are both different colours and sizes, so there’s no ambiguity as to what you’re holding. $5 is pink, $10 is blue, $20 is red, $50 is yellow, and $100 is green. The reserve bank is progressively rolling out new notes that also feature tactile bumps for the blind. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_dollar

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

You left out that green is the best color. ;) ... (Kidding aside, at least it is the third most popular color worldwide. Well, if a quick Google search can be believe. If you can't tell, it is my favorite. XD)

[@TheJeevo92]

Otaku my wife's favorite color! Mine is pain old blue

[@Dann0343]

Green is not a creative colour

[@Sgt__Hawk]

Why do they still stick to the typo? They misspelled "IN GOLD WE TRUST".

[@chardwbu]

I'm not gonna lie. This is the first time I've ever been bored during one of your videos.

[@SiliconBong]

Dear traveller, go straight to 3:30 for the answer.

[@yxxdagod]

@@SiliconBong ur amazing

[@DualKeys]

I enjoyed the video, liked the quoting of the original source material, and actually didn't mind the ad in the beginning.

[@kape1154]

It's the same color as Envy and Greed?

[@TheJeevo92]

Kap E ...coincidence 🤣

[@verticalflats2816]

Also Kermit the Frog 😄

[@st0rts11D4]

An example of a question i didnt know i wanted to ask, and a satisfying answer

[@deadletter4317]

Can you stop pausing. after. every. word?

[@galexeqe]

and.perhaps.not.swing.his.arms.around.so.much.that.too.is.annoying

[@bakumon2]

A r t i c u l a t i o n

[@Bzuhl]

Lengthy technico-legal content there, kuddos to Simon for not gasping for air at the end of some of the quotes ^^

[@TimpossibleOne]

His choppy speech pattern feels like he's struggling to breathe and it leaves me exasperated

[@JasonMasters]

... and while America continues to muddle on with "paper" currency (which is actually made out of a type of cloth), Australia quietly invents the plastic note with anti-counterfeiting features second to none, and licenses the technology to other countries such as Canada and the UK. Americans who see Australian currency go "Oooh! How cool!" while the USA gov't ignores the technology. Why? I dunno.

[@shebbs1]

The US doesn't want to use our technology, they like to live in the Dark Ages.

[@periculum69]

I feel like you were misleading by omitting the fact that "In God we trust" wasn't our motto until that point. Prior to that, our national motto "E Pluribus Unum" was already printed on our currency. It got changed to differentiate us from godless communism just like you mention, but by only mentioning the change to our currency rather than the fact the entire motto changed, you make it sound like "In god we trust" was always the motto. This is important, I feel, as it's an example of us breaking one of the sacred tenets of our democracy, the separation of church and state, due to fears.

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Zuberi +1 I feel this is an important topic and I’m an advocate for changing it back to E Pluribus Unum. I (and an increasing number of my fellow Americans) don’t trust in any gods, so why does it say so on our money? Are we not citizens too?

[@speedy01247]

Wait he said that at the end of the video?

[@jadegrace1312]

@@xxXthekevXxx it was never actually e pluribus unum, that was just the de facto motto

[@TravisFabel]

Just an FYI... The offers from Credit Sesame are just another form of ad... They make money by you taking the credit offers they put in front of you. They are not looking for your best interests. Sign up and use it, but if you want to look at your credit, Credit Karma is also free, and tells you more a bit more info. You can use both for free.

[@nick_kingston2723]

Every time you make a video about the U.S. you get someone from another country acting like everything we do is ridiculous

[@garrettharrison9059]

Smega Smegmá Because most of the time everything we do *is* ridiculous. Have you seen the headlines lately? We're like living, breathing satire. (Edit: Fixed the first part because I dont English well)

[@genericdave8420]

Many things in life are ridiculous, but in daily life we just accept them. When you visit or study another country they stick out so all countries seem odd to others.

[@doraran5158]

America bashing, how original! Maybe you worship Cuba where one party family rule still in effect for 60 years, despite one candidate election, with rampant human rights abuse (I know many Cubans), yet all forgiven since their tyranny is labeled 'socialism'.

[@genericdave8420]

What are you talking about? Nobody in this thread was America bashing. I thought the op was overly sensitive but you leave him standing.

[@nick_kingston2723]

Generic Dave Well for starters I’m not crying about it or anything and I’m talking about other videos in the past not a video that’s been out for a little over an hour

[@Road_Rash]

I prefer good old American 'frog skins' to electronic money...

[@porfavorme]

Hey, vsauce michael here

[@comradegarrett1202]

FlamboyantSponge no this is British Vsauce

[@vaguelysomething]

FlamboyantSponge you put the comma in the wrong spot

[@comradegarrett1202]

Kamal Harrison actually his name is Vsauce Michael Stevens. Michael is his middle name.

[@vaguelysomething]

Garrett Norris I thought his middle name was David

[@comradegarrett1202]

Kamal Harrison no that's his other middle name. his full name is Vsauce Michael David Stevens.

[@tweetymonkey]

Damn... That Credit Sesame intro took a while 💸💸💸

[@coreysprinkel3630]

Where does the term 'piss poor' come from?

[@peppers7774]

Soo poor all you own is your own piss

[@Potato-Eye]

You dont own a pot to piss in abbreviated

[@bencage481]

Bravo!! You listened about the sources, great videos! Keep it up!

[@vizionthing]

Credit score = Slave ranking

[@daneclark3161]

Shitty credit, huh?

[@vizionthing]

nope, tis VERY good, debt is slavery is all - so have none

[@daneclark3161]

Yeah, nope. If you have no debt, then you have no credit, and you are not considered a good credit risk. I, on the other hand, bought a Mercedes last year and I wrote a check for it. I didn't use credit to buy the car, but using credit shrewdly put me in the financial position that I could buy it. Additionally, my life has abruptly changed recently. I have been overseas twice since the first of the year (on my own dime). By all indications, I will be going overseas every few months for the foreseeable future. Using credit shrewdly has afforded me a job that I can take off whenever I want, and have the financial resources to be able to do so.

[@MmeHyraelle]

Yes, especially when you need to pay, to see your score.

[@renardgrise]

Agreed. Debt = Slavery.

[@Lupo32]

Could you imagine if paper money Was red,orange,purple,blue or even Black ?

[@abcabcq313]

daniel spell I can’t see green so I see it black and grey idk how u see it

[@Lupo32]

@@abcabcq313 In south America there money Is pink and purple I think.

[@savage1267]

13:40 … this breaking federal law about separation of church and state. But once you give an inch to superstitious jerks, it takes FOREVER to get that inch back.

[@mrpetebojangles21]

Jeeze, this narrator is great, he seems to be involved with so many different youtube channels.

[@techguyteaches789]

Your. Staccato. Way. Of speaking. Sounds. Like. You. Are. Out of. Breath. Why have you. Started. Talking this. Way. More so than. Normal?

[@malcolmtas5601]

American banknotes are very confusing to outsiders, because they are all the same colour. I was remonstrating about this with a couple of Americans, then proclaimed: "This is what banknotes should look like!", and I flashed them my Australian currency. It freaked them out - not because the denominations were all of different colours, but because they were made of plastic.

[@rrcczz]

It's people!

[@thomaspatnode7053]

I forgot to watch the video. Your ad structure is like the NFL.

[@raquelfernandez5533]

This video had a bit too much quoting original sources for me. Still gave it a like though.

[@TheJeevo92]

Raquel Fernandez ...this video is LITERALLY about the history of the subject at hand...so...quotes are NECESSARY to show that the reasoning is legitimate...can't be avoided.

[@savage1267]

Raquel Fernandez And i… like 'd your comment. Because yeah.

[@savage1267]

Jeevo also true. Still.

[@jeffborders5526]

US dollars used to be green. Now each note is precisely the same color as its corresponding note from within the game Monopoly. All our relatively recently printed 10s for example are yellow, not green. Monopoly money also uses yellow 10s.

[@fienxjox]

There's shilling out for ads and then there's whatever that 2 minutes of worship was - videos are getting harder to watch with the excessiveness of these. Kudos to those in the comments who find the ACTUAL start time of the video so the rest of us can skip to it.

[@Loztc0ld]

David Truog it's free get over it.

[@TalesOfWar]

Blame Google. They're making it harder and harder for people to actually make money on KZbin these days so things like this are the only practical way to help things. The only other way is to beg for money by contributing to a Patreon fund or something similar.

[@tommynorthwood]

An ad in the middle of the video? I'll put up wit it to support your channel

[@jacobteets27]

Your obedient servent. what???

[@actuallyalias]

Jacob Teets That was just a common way to sign letters during early America. Not all that different from ending a letter with "sincerely" today.

[@savage1267]

Jacob Teets I'M TOTALLY CLOSING ALL CORRESPONDENCE THIS WAY FROM NOW ON. Your obedient servant, r wesley

[@lilaclizard4504]

was standard in many countries for all public servants (ie government employees) to be required to end all correspondence that way

[@puellanivis]

That Lincoln started the Secret Service the same day he was assassinated is particularly interesting, because the reason the Secret Service picked up defending the President was largely because they were present during the assassination of William McKinley, and when asked about why they didn’t do more to protect the president, they basically said, “not officially our job.” So Congress said, “Oh, yeah? WELL, NOW IT IS!” (This account is highly simplified, and in many ways totally inaccurate, but it is the basic jist of what happened.)

[@sinroyal7351]

Why do you. Talk. Like. This. During the. Video. It is very. Distracting.

[@bluetextbooks]

Sinroyal AMEN

[@Alephandros00]

Indeed, he over did it on this one.

[@ThreeCatsInTheWindow]

Sinroyal he took acting lessons from William Shaptner.

[@laethe230]

Someone else pointed out that he's getting over an illness.

[@Argonak1]

Why do you let it distract you so much?

[@winnerxl3000]

"Lincoln creates secrets service" Hey mr Lincoln you want us to protect you? Nah I'm chill. "24 hours later" Well shit.

[@spacecatboy2962]

why does canadian and european money look like play money from a board game

[@Quaquadaqu]

TigerShark It’s worth about as much too.

[@acbthr3840]

Because its colored? Kinda answered your own question there.

[@vickyabramowitz4919]

Because you're used to seeing American greenbacks. I've always felt the same way about non- American paper money.

[@MrNewone111]

Euro worth about 20% more than american dollar atm, what are you talking about?

[@PitFriend1]

Their money is different colors because their beer works. You don’t need to read numbers when buzzed, just see the colors.

[@TheLithopedian]

Ok. Elephant in the room, the new glasses... Yay or Nay? I vote nay.

[@omnipitous4648]

"In God We Trust" needs to be taken off. We are a constitutional Secular Republic, as defined by the Constitution.

[@greggi47]

There's an argument that the motto does not refer to any particular dity, but is an example of :civic deism". Try running that past a rampaging True Believer!

[@xione86]

Ya know... Simon I gotta say I love your videos I watch them all the time. Can't figure out why you did this on in. The. Stylized talking of Shatner. Was hard to follow. =p

[@koppadasao]

Thumbs down for the initial ad

[@savage1267]

Koppa Dasao I disapprove.

[@TheCoffeehound]

Yeah, they should work for free! /sarcasm

[@xxXthekevXxx]

Yeah, fuck paying them to work! You know what, fuck the whole channel, we didn’t want this interesting content anyway!

[@DeadDancers]

Lol, pretty sure ‘free’ means ‘ah-hah! Creditors can find you and sesame can sell your consumer data’

[@andyrockism]

Cut all the other sh*t, and just get to the point.

[@lilaclizard4504]

Better question is why does the US still have paper money? We changed to polymer in the 1980's down under - far more secure & more durable (no issues if you put it though the washing machine)

[@TalesOfWar]

It's not actually paper. It's mostly cotton and linen. Assuming the make up is the same or close to how UK notes were (or still are for the £20 and £50 notes) before going the Aussie route with polymer they're pretty damn durable, just less so.

[@lilaclizard4504]

hmm ok, so how do they go in the wash? I remember here that was the test, they would generally endure it & be able to be hung on the clothes line to dry & reused, but they'd generally be pulled from circulation once you used them after that because they were pretty obviously in bad condition. I have no idea what ours were made of to know if the cotton/linen is more durable or if that's what we were using too & really, you still use those for the $20 & $50 (I know you said pounds, but I don't think my keyboard has a pound symbol - I've never looked for it before) How does that work to have a mix of notes in circulation? We're currently switching to a new polymer note design for increased security & accessibility & all the atms & self serve checkouts etc are apparently having issues with it, so I'm curious if/how that causes/resolves issues with your machines & also, why? You switched to polymer a fair while ago now didn't you? Too long ago to still be in transition? Or were you waiting until the patent expired & you guys could develop the tech to make your own polymer - which I know has happened now

[@lilaclizard4504]

I just realised something, having the 20's & 50's in a different material to the others, if it works for machines, would also assist visually impaired people. Is that a factor in the decision to keep them? I'm not actually sure what denominations you have there & what percentage of the notes those 2 are. We have a 5, 10, 20, 50 & 100, with coins for $1 & $2. I'm wondering in particular if you have a note between the 20 & 50. Our current changeover was for $5 first (probably the lowest number to test it/check for bugs with the lowest stakes), with the new $10 also now in circulation. Next to follow is going to be the $50 at the end of this year, so they're skipping one for now, no timeline yet on the new $20 or $100. I'm wondering if your system did similar

[@TalesOfWar]

It's just a phased change over. It's done in order of how common the notes are, so the 5 and 10's were changed first because there's more of them. 20's will change next and then 50's, maybe. £50 notes are very rare so they'll be pretty low down the priority list. We just changed our £1 coins too not long ago. The old ones were VERY easy to forge and hadn't been changed since they were introduced in 1973 before this.

[@greggi47]

"Paper" was originally made with cotton or linen fibers, Durable and aesthetically pleasing paper still has a considerable plant fiber content. There's a wide range of papers made with wood pulp,

[@mikesullivan8237]

today's was I think my 2nd time through. As before a very interesting and informative view.

[@HayTatsuko]

This is one of the most interesting, informative episodes of TIFO I've seen so far. Well-done, y'all!

[@ginnyjollykidd]

And we continue today to receive more and more evolutions of secure bills. First, a bigger front portrait with a watermark to one side of said portrait. Then a line or 2 of watermarks indicating the bill denomination in the US. Somewhere in there was the addition of little numbers of the denomination all over the front of the bill in a light orange. Then a holographic line denoting the denomination. Printing money isn't too far ahead of counterfeiting, ever. However, it is a felony to have any of the inks or paper that is used for money printing in one's possession.

[@TalesOfWar]

We did that in the UK. In the 80's. We've moved on since then, several times. It baffles me how the US is so ahead in some areas yet so vastly behind in others, more so when it's an area they apparently lead the world (finance).

[@petersurdo4984]

Great ad. Wished it was longer.

[@Deluxeta]

_Money be green._ - D'Angelo Barksdale

[@Sovereignty3]

I think the Australian colours works much better, I can tell what's in some one wallet before they hand it over, (ie not enough cash, hey I need more $20 notes, give me the 50 and the $20 rather than the $100) I can calculate them up by colour, the check how many (Notes sticking or folded into each other, or if real or not.) (btw 100 green, $50 gold, $20 orange red, $10 blue, and $5 purple.)

[@General12th]

> "let's just roll in to today's video" > timestamp: 1:51

[@tomfrazier1103]

I've only encountered one counterfeit, a $20 passed to me by a young man in Maili purchasing a can of soda from the manapua truck I was apprenticing on. The note felt funny slick like fax paper, so I gave it back & asked if he had something else. He slunk away. I had no driving license then, and my boss knew that, but I still declined the job. In God We Trust is a motto of the 1860s and reflects sentiments arising from our Civil War, the most brutal conflict of our history, so far, in our war studded history. It first appeared on the 1864 two Cent coin.

[@surferdude4487]

Bonus fact: Ever heard the saying, "As phony as a three dollar bill."? At some point in time, at least one bank was printing real $3 bills. Not all of them are phony and if you find a real one, it's worth a lot of money.

[@I_am_Allan]

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