Chinese numerals

while our developers have developed a support of the new numerals conversion in online version of the Dates Calculators application - Chinese numerals, the Chinese people had fun with their banknotes:

Posted by andrew, August 19, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Who Says Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees?

If your parents are anything like mine, they probably told you money doesn’t grow on trees more than a million times, when you were growing up. Well I can’t wait to show them how wrong they were all those years. And I'm not about "wish tree in England"...

In an attempt to “wake up people’s lazy money”, RaboDirect, an Australian online bank sponsored a special experiment that fulfilled the financial fantasies of hundreds of passers-by – a real-life money tree. The event took place in one of Sydney’s park, where a tree was covered in $5 bills, from its lower branches to the top. People were secretly filmed, to see how they would react to such an unbelievable sight.

Believe it or not, the first 100 or so people who walked by the money tree flat out ignored it. Some of them didn’t even notice there was anything odd about the tree, a group of joggers was to busy running to stop and check it out, and passers-by who did stop to analyze it, just took some photos and left empty handed.

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Posted by andrew, July 23, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Guess real esate price

When bill in 5000 RUR fold in half - the square of it will match the square of residence that you can buy in russian capital for 5000 rubles (near $160).

Posted by andrew, July 22, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Jewelry and banknotes

One belgian designer creates jewelry using banknotes of different countries. The result is very interesting and unusual. Can you guess which currencies are used? The first is simple:

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Posted by andrew, June 21, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Banknote Building

Banknote Building (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Money theme well represents various businesses located in this spectacular building. It's an office center located in the second biggest city in Lithuania. Despite what you might think, this is not a temporal installation. The image of the LTL 1000 banknote is brought onto this building using special enamel paint. The banknote dates back to 1925. However it's not used nowadays.

Architects: Rimas Adomaitis, Raimundas Babrauskas, Darius Siaurodinas, Virgilijus Jocys.

Posted by andrew, May 20, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Guess dog size

Do you know exact size of currencies in your wallet? Look, it can be useful to measure quickly something or somebody with some acceptable accuracy:

The size of the United States one-dollar bill (the most common denomination of U.S. currency) is approximately 6.14 x 2.61 in = 155.956 x 66.294 mm.

One dollar facts:

The first president, George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart, is currently featured on the obverse, while the Great Seal of the United States is featured on the reverse. The one-dollar bill has the second oldest design of all U.S. currency currently being produced, after the two-dollar bill. The obverse debuted in 1963 when the $1 bill first became a Federal Reserve Note. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing says the average life of a $1 bill in circulation is 21 months before it is replaced due to wear. Approximately 45% of all U.S. currency produced today are one-dollar bills. All $1 bills produced today are Federal Reserve Notes. One-dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in blue straps. The inclusion of "In God We Trust" on all currency was required by law in 1955. The national motto first appeared on paper money in 1957.

Posted by andrew, April 20, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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