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Dongs all up ITT [Currency thread] (NSF56k)

MKRMKR Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Social Entropy++
I am referring to this of course:
dong.jpg

According to the wiki, dong is Vietnamese for copper.

So what sorts of fun currency have you found or heard of?

Any currency, new or old is fine.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    what sort of obscure currency...?

    c'mon dude, if you wanted to make a dong joke, you don't really need to give it this sort of pretext like you're trying to make small talk. Just post it in another thread and be done with it.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    what sort of obscure currency...?

    c'mon dude, if you wanted to make a dong joke, you don't really need to give it this sort of pretext like you're trying to make small talk. Just post it in another thread and be done with it.

    It just seemed like a good one to start the thread on.

    Any obscure currency is good.

    The thread is 100% serious.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    i have a five dollar bill autographed by Penn and Teller.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited June 2007
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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    but, like, how many times have you started a conversation like that with friends?

    "Hey guys, did you know that the Vietnamese have a currency called a dong! Hah! What kinds of obscure currency do you guys know about?"

    *shrug*

    I'm just saying, obscure currency ain't exactly what I would call a riveting topic of discussion. But what do I know?

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    edited June 2007
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  • DavoidDavoid Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Rai Stones are always fun.

    Rupees.

    Here in Canada we just trade livestock and grains. Bartering system.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    you know lots of things rank

    like for example

    i got a UPS box from Bellevue WA this afternoon

    and i was all

    oh shit

    but it was just my Zogonia trade

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    There aren't a lot of obscure currencies anymore thanks to the EU so

    Old currency is fine.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    copperdong?

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    goldmember

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  • WidepathWidepath Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Wampum

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    i'm from canada

    our money is many colors

    Allthecolorsoftherainbow.jpg

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    you know lots of things rank

    like for example

    i got a UPS box from Bellevue WA this afternoon

    and i was all

    oh shit

    but it was just my Zogonia trade

    why would I know about you getting a box in the mail?

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    why indeed

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Why does Canada get such sexy currency while we have this boring green cloth?

    :(

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
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    man, money was so much cooler when you could just walk into a bank and be all "give me my fucking silver, motherfucker".

    Now it's just a meaningless credit coupon. Back in the day it was actually worth something.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    MKR wrote: »
    Why does Canada get such sexy currency while we have this boring green cloth?

    :(

    because we like being able to tell what a bill is at a glance, basically

    you never mistakenly give a dude a 10 when you meant to give him a 5 because there's a noticable color difference

    also

    it makes so you can't get away with being cheap at strip clubs

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
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    see, that's a cool fucking dollar bill.

    Motherfucking cave men and shit.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Oh I see what happened. Canada stole all our good money designers.

    :(

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    There aren't a lot of obscure currencies anymore thanks to the EU so

    Euroz.jpg

    boooooooooooo! hissssss!!!

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  • RedeemerRedeemer Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Canadian money is so rad

    Except I wish we still had $2 bills

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Guys, write your MPs and have them get parliament to invade us and teach us how to design things.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    MKR wrote: »
    Guys, write your MPs and have them get parliament to invade us and teach us how to design things.

    we invade your country for like one quarter of the year

    every year

    we like to call that time

    winter

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    ascot wrote: »
    There aren't a lot of obscure currencies anymore thanks to the EU so

    Euroz.jpg

    boooooooooooo! hissssss!!!
    that is as decent amount of money you have there apricot

    tuh-fuh-suh, you've seen that picture before....elsewhere

    you've exposed my shame of posting an old picture. DAMN YOU.

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  • GlorfindelGlorfindel Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Australian money is plastic:

    notes.jpg

    and metal(s):

    coins.jpg

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Looks like Canada has Monopoly money.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    australian money is great. if you find a note in your jean pockets after they've been washed it just pops straight back out into its original form

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    australia has plastic money?

    that's goddamn ingenious!

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    plastic money is superior to paper money on many levels

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    like, easier to counterfeit?

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    like, easier to counterfeit?

    harder

    duder i don't know about you but in my country we got a big problem with counterfeiting and a large part of it is the paper type used for money is in fact pretty easily available

    a dude with a decent laser printer and that paper can churn out shit that's at the very least good enough to buy cigarettes at the gas station with

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    like, easier to counterfeit?

    explain how that is the case

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    we use special paper and special inks and special watermarks in america?

    or am I wrong

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    i take counterfeiting pretty seriously and think people who do it should serve some hard federal time

    it's worse than theft, it damages the economy and has a larger impact than stealing someone's car, even.

    there's no justifiable reason to do it other than to be a greedy fuck. it's a crime of malicious, self-centered intent and i got basically no sympathy for those people. you can't do it by accident, you can't do it because you're starving, you can't do it unless you got the time, resources, and intent to do it.

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  • GSMGSM Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    That special SE++ currency hasn't been posted yet.

    Not it.

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    We'll get back there someday.
  • ScrumtrulescentScrumtrulescent Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    one thousand dollar bill

    all of the presidents

    having a party

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    we do but clothpaper is relatively easy to make and watermarks are easy enough to forge

    I have no idea on the security measures of australian currency but there are millions of reasons why plastic > paper

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