Canada, meet your new money. It’s made out of a single sheet of polymer (plastic), there’s tons of security features and there’s a great real estate trading game I think they’re perfect for. (Via)
Culture Buzz American Iconomics is a dual show at Shooting Gallery in San Francisco and half of that show is dedicated to the altered currency of James Charles. What started last year as a few doodles on cash quickly grew into a large collection spanning all denominations and all sorts of pop culture references. The collection below is just a small sampling of what's on display from now until June 4. (Via The BuzzBrewery)
Now with a portrait watermark! And a bell in the inkwell! I wasn't before, but now I am very interested in having some $100 bills to my name.
The Romans were even more promiscuous than we initially thought.
Style Buzz It's amazing what people can do with a few bucks, a digital camera, and a healthy amount of boredom.
This is like a real-life vaguely racist version of National Treasure. (Which is just a crappy version of The Da Vinci Code, which is already pretty terrible.)
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Players of the sci-fi game EVE Online experienced another parallel yesterday between what happens in the game's virtual economy and the real-world financial woes that have hit the banking industry. The in-game bank recorded record deficits yesterday, and froze all players virtual bank accounts, limited accesses players to the in-game currency.
This 1998 Dodge was recently sold for 10,000 Canadian dollars. I'm thinking you could probably contact the new owner, convince him he's made a mistake, and persuade him to sell it to you for 10,000 American dollars. This truck is clearly worth the effort (and $10,000).
Culture Buzz The new 5-spot, with brighter colors and anti-counterfeiting measures, has been released to the public. The watermarks are cool, the colors are fresh and we like the attention to the small details.