Money Expert Decodes the World's Most Popular Currencies | Condé Nast Traveler

Gordon College finance professor Alexander Lowry looks at the history, designs, and security features of the most widely circulated currencies around the world. Lowry begins with the U.S. dollar then moves through the British pound, the euro, the Japanese yen, Chinese yuan, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, the Indian rupee, the Mexican peso, the Swiss franc, the Swedish krona, and more.


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[alycias]

WHY DID THE GUY CRUMPLE THE DOLLAR AND THEN USE TWEEZERS TO TURN IT OVER WHAT

[benjichaperone]

Here You Go :p
0:13 | The US Dollar
2:54 | The British Pound
4:30 | The Euro
5:54 | The Japanese Yen
6:58 | The Canadian Dollar
7:49 | The Chinese Yuan
8:39 | The Mexican Peso
9:23 | The Australian Dollar
10:08 | The Swiss Franc
11:02 | The Swedish Krona
*<Bonus Section>*
11:50 | The Indian Rupee
12:00 | The Jamaican Dollar
12:10 | The Tanzania Shilling
12:23 | The Oman Rial
12:30 | The New Zealand Dollar

[samualhogan]

Each euro note represents a architectural time period

[babyalert]

Taxi drivers in Russia definitely want rubles not dollar bills

[secularstagflation]

So a "money expert" doesn't know the difference between the Bank of England - the second oldest central bank in the world and the basis for almost all central banks - and Buckingham palace on a note he specifically chose to analyse? Something tells me the use of the word "expect" is quite loose here.

Edit: It gets worse. He said that the newer notes had paper the felt more like polymer - seemingly not knowing that they actually are polymer and have been for a couple of years now....

[SunWarrior]

The first time I saw euro notes, I was shocked when I noticed that the different denominations were of different sizes. It was foreign to me. Now I'm learning that it's actually a common feature...

[joachimmacdonald]

He's making it up as he goes along! This is hilarious!!

[UbrSkllz]

no mention of how australia invented polymer bills. 'i'msure its very secure' - so called expert.

[chrisgurney]

The Australian, Canadian and New English banknotes are all polymer, not some mix of outdated paper and polymer, but all superior polymer

[jamesedwards]

This guy messed the British pound bit up - he’s definitely NO EXPERT

[osscarfransson]

Sweden will not change to the Euro in any time soon.
We had a vote and we chose to stay with the krona

[davidlzda]

lol thats not Buckingham Palace
thats the Bank Of England

[garoarabian]

Australia invented the polymer banknote. Also there's the $20, $50 and $100 banknotes.

[TheHolyMane]

sorry but I have a feeling this person is not a banknote expert even if he is a finance professor.

[matthewatkins]

He hardly talked about any of the security features! like the micro print and the anti printing symbols.
The Australian currency (currently going through a change right now, that is the old tenner) is the most secure in the world! our currency is so secure that other countries are using our patent to update their own currencies! That's why the UK and Canada and a few other countries are updating their currency at the same time as the Australia.

[alecpost]

Interesting how he says "These papers feel very different still", when talking about the Canadian currency. Well, they feel different because they're all polymer. Not paper...

[zacharywilson]

Buckingham Palace is featured on none of the Pound Notes. That’s the Bank of England.

[thelorax]

As I'm sure this person knows, the polymer note was invented in Australia and was introduced in a trial in the first half of the 1980's. So we've had a long time to get used to them.

[saulalejandrogv]

I need more of these... More countries, comparations with outdated currencies and more!

[terrymadill]

I’m surprised he didn’t mention the coolest security measure of Canadian currency. If you shine a laser though the maple leaf it will display the value of the bill on a surface such as a wall.