Has anyone noticed the new $50 bill has a campaign flag on it?

[timdoodle]

Or am I simply going nuts with this campaign season...Tim

http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/24/pf/debt/new_50/index.htm?cnn=yes

[ProdigalJunkMail]

1. you are going nuts...n/t

[Kolesar]

2. It also has an identified place to wrap up your "specimen". eom

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. Looks like a U. S. flag to me...stars on the left, bars on the right.

[timdoodle]

4. It is decided then

I am going nuts...didn't even see the stars on the other side...

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. ehhh...we're all going nuts

no biggie :-)

theProdigal

[T Bone]

5. a flag motif is there, does it really compare with one from a campaign ?

Can you refer us to a similar design from a campaign that you think it compares to? or are you just upset there is a flag motif watermark type of thing on it? as long as it is not a copy of something from the $hrubco* campaign, it does not seem like a big deal to me.

[Kolesar]

6. It looks like the John Kerry primary bumpersticker

Three red stripes between John and Kerry.

[Bluzmann57]

7. Put down the bong

and back away slowly. It is an American flag, nothing more, nothing less. I do not mean to offend you, but there is no conspiracy here.

[Drifter]

8. The last line is the funniest ...

Most noticeably, of course, the bills now feature all the colors of an Easter egg.

Cheers
Drifter

[Demit]

10. I see ONE star, just one. The One State, maybe?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

14. look to the left of Grant's image

several stars...the one star you see is NOT a part of the flag

[Demit]

15. ohhh, okay...those bumpy things are stars. Thanks.

[Flammable Materials]

11. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

I'm so sick and tired of ugly, unimaginative currency.

We're barely one step above the old Soviet Ruble in ugliness.

Then again ... ugly Americans, ugly money. :)

[baldguy]

12. I think it looks cool.

I would a few thousand of them to be sure though!

[onehandle]

13. Most anyone who handles a lot of fifties.....

....will be voting for smirk. Unless they're a bank teller or a casino worker. In which case if they're smart, they'll be on board with Kerry.

[kispoko]

16. nah

actually, it does look like the flag (the stripes portion of it anyhow) on that "w" sticker.

seriously. you're not goin' nuts

[MadHound]

17. More wasting of our hard earned taxpayer money

I really have no clue as to why they redesigned the fifty, or for that matter, the rest of our money again and again.

I realize that they had to do a redesign eight years ago in order to put a cap on the forgery problem. But all that did was get the "mom and pop" forgers out of the business, the ones who were using the high end color copiers to print money.

But these constant redesigns are not going to deter the pros. All it will cause them to do is retool their production line. Anybody with high end scanners, computers, graphic software, printers and presses can forge this money. All they're doing is providing the illusion that our money is good, but not the reality. The amatuer are gone, but the pros are doing better than ever.

An interesting stat that I read awhile back is that it is estimated that ten percent of the money currently in circulation is fake. And that that figure is going to remain constant no matter what security designs the Treasury comes up with.

[troubleinwinter]

18. If they're gonna put a flag on it...

It would be nice to put the entire thing on it, rather than just a shred.