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Slightly mistaken identity

I just helped a bunch of people identify the face on the US $1 bill. The Federal Reserve helpfully wrote George Washington's name under his portrait.

Bonus points to whoever that rapper was for helping me to remember which bill has Benjamin Franklin's mug on it.

The pathetic thing is that I couldn't possibly name who's on the Japanese bills. It's that guy with the hair, the lady who wrote one book and then died, and uh...the guy who founded Tokyo University, or something.

Canada's bills have Wilfred Laurier, the Queen and er...well, I remember the Newfie Firing Squad on the old fifty well enough.

Didn't Yugoslavia have Nikola Tesla on their bills when they were enjoying skyrocketing hyperinflation?

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Tue May 04 19:56:00 +0900 2010
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Actually, the other Canadian ones are pretty easy to remember… our 1st prime minister plus the two prime ministers from the world wars (Mackenzie King on the $50 and Borden on the $100).

By bwross at Thu May 06 11:37:32 +0900 2010

I actually got into a discussion with someone else about this, and came to the conclusion that Borden is a kind of lame choice. Diefenbaker and Trudeau would both be better—Borden only managed to score his place on the hundred-dollar bill just through timing.

Also, Dief and Trudeau served too recently, I guess.

By dagbrown at Thu May 06 11:37:32 +0900 2010

Oh, certainly… all of them really got on their bill through circumstance: 1st PM, 1st francophone PM, the war time PMs, and the current Sovereign of Canada. I’d put Mackenzie King and his seances with his dead dogs (all named Pat) right in with Borden as lucky timing. Both of them are increasingly replaceable.

And you’re forgetting the guy between Dief and Trudeau… Lester B Pearson is at least as deserving as either of them, if not more so.

By bwross at Thu May 06 11:37:32 +0900 2010

France having Le Petite Prince on the Franc was pretty awesome.

By j_b at Thu May 06 11:37:32 +0900 2010

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