Have You Found a Rare Darwin £2 Coin in Your Change?

[Danger]

Some say the new polymer $100's smell like maple.

It wasn't in my possession long enough for me to check. Maybe the liquor store still has it.

 

[edward]

The Zimbabwe one hundred trillion dollar bill is worth $5 as a collectble.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703730804576314953091790360.html

 

[TheMadMonk]

But you made me want to compare the different bills, so I looked up a few pictures.

To be honest, seeing them like this, I like the euro best.
The euro bills look the most clean and with subtle colorings.

I've not seen them in circulation too often, as somebody else mentioned I think they are older ones.

Getting hold of Bank of England notes like those in the picture can be quite difficult in Scotland. Three banks issue their own notes and they seem to make up the bulk of the notes in circulation. An interesting little quirk that seems to surprise a lot of people.

 

[Chi Meson]

I've not seen them in circulation too often, as somebody else mentioned I think they are older ones.

Getting hold of Bank of England notes like those in the picture can be quite difficult in Scotland. Three banks issue their own notes and they seem to make up the bulk of the notes in circulation. An interesting little quirk that seems to surprise a lot of people.

Clydesdale bank are my favorites. Outside of Scotland, nobody will believe that they are real money! I like how the larger notes are actually larger.

edit: dang that was a large image

just click the link:
http://thesprinklesfiles.pbworks.com/f/clydesdale.jpg

Most of England won't take them, even though Bank of England notes are regularly accepted all over Scotland.

 

[mege]

any chance the usa would issue a coin like this?

If Darwin was an American, he might have made it onto a Postage Stamp (like he has several times in the UK)... the US tries to keep general circulation coins and paper simple (and even the Commemorative coins are generally some national-specific significance: President, battles, national event, etc).

 

[zoobyshoe]

If Darwin was an American, he might have made it onto a Postage Stamp (like he has several times in the UK)... the US tries to keep general circulation coins and paper simple (and even the Commemorative coins are generally some national-specific significance: President, battles, national event, etc).

Also every face on American money is of some politically important figure. Benjamin Franklin is not on the $100 in his capacity as a scientist. That's incidental. He's there as one of the "Founding Fathers".