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[fajrdrako]

thefridayfive:

1. Do you like the look of your country's currency (bills and coins)?
   
   Yes, of course. Especially when it's in my wallet. I like the $5 bill best, possibly because I like Sir Wilfrid Laurier. I also like the artistic designs on the backs of the bills - again, the $5 is particularly nice, with kids playing hockey, skating, tobogganing - and a snowflake. With trees. The best of Canadian winter, in nice colours: blue, green, white, and a touch of warm orange.
   
   
2. Regardless of their actual value, do you like bills or coins better?
   
   Bills. They're easier to carry, more colourful, and worth more.
   
   On the other hand, I like finding pennies on the street - for good luck. The idea makes me smile.
   
   
3. What is your favorite foreign currency? And why?
   
   I'm (sadly) not familiar with a lot of foreign currency. Money is not an interest of mine. I like Maltese currency because it reminds me of a wonderful trip - though I believe they use Euros now. I like Euros because I like the concept of European unity.
   
   
4. 4. Do you collect coins or bills? Elaborate.
   
   Absolutely not. Sometimes people give me coins as gifts, becuase they think they're cool. I have a bit of a conceptual dislike of money - its connotations of greed and inequality - and don't generally find money interesting.
   
   I do have a box full of foreign coins that I use as a bookend, mainly because I can't think what else to do with them and can't quite bring myself to thrown them away.
   
   In 1967 my parents gave me some Confederation silver dollars which I still have. That's the closest I've ever come to collecting money.
   
   
5. Do you think human society could make do completely without money? Explain.
   
   Of course human society can do without money. We survived without money for hundreds of thousands of years. You might argue we didn't have civilization then - but we certainly had society. Money is a useful tool, but exacerbates a lot of suffering. I'd like to see a better system come into play than the fragile house of cards that is modern economics.
   

Comments

[auriaephiala.livejournal.com]

I had to get some Australian bills (to pay for a book) a little while ago, and I must say their currency is just gorgeous: beautifully designed and very colourful. I particularly liked the fact they featured writers and people from history on their currency rather than just PMs (not that I dislike the PMs we have on the Canadian bills right now (well, except for William Lyon Mackenzie-King, and I hardly ever see him)).

British currency is good-looking as well, if not quite up to the Australian standard. And Canadian bills aren't bad -- and they certainly work well.

American bills, OTOH, all look alike and are extremely dull.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of having writers on money. It's vaguely ironic, but very nice.

American bills, OTOH, all look alike and are extremely dull.

Very dull, though they have interestingly arcane symbolism in their bits and pieces.