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Why are American Dollars bland? (nord.pub)
submitted 2 days ago by NightOps@nord.pub to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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They lack any meaningful design in comparison to other currencies, since all denominations stick to mainly black and white designs with slight hints of color as they've remained the same for a long time. Why won't USD switch to Polymer bills (it was first unveiled in Australia) like they've done in the UK or UAE for example.

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[โ€“] Korkki@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not the same as with the dollar and US presidents. Mao kinda is the face and father of the modern China. (While Trump is most likely the face of the end of America as a superpower) Also neither PRC (nor ROC) are not putting fucking Emperor Pu Yis face on their bills, since everybody alt least agree to make that much of a break from from the old empire. Who do do they really have? Sun Yat-sen? All the chairmen after Mao, even Xi are kinda a smalltimers compared to him. Mao is also a symbol as much as he was a leader. It's literally the 'people's money'. The party, the people and the ideology have a tight grip on the balls of capital.

[โ€“] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Up to 1990, PRC banknotes had different portraits. I suspect many of them were "representatives" for different types of labourer or ethnic groups rather than idolizing a single figure.

For example https://en.numista.com/211574

The 100-yuan of the series features Mao with three other early leaders of the republic, but the lower notes are representatives.