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    Re: New Web Page —Richard Dee
   On Mon, 17 May 1999 23:41:55 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) I like the detail in US paper currency. I dislike the new style. (Same with postage stamps. Older US postage stamps were beautiful. These '90's ones look like they (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: New Web Page —Jasper Janssen
     (...) Sure you do. You just don't notice it any more... Sure, you can grow a habit of always checking the number on the bill before spending it. But what if you don't have your reading-glasses on? Recognising whether a bill is red, green, or blue is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: New Web Page —Terry Keller
   (...) Generally agreed. (...) I can understand that. (...) Huh? Why is it illegal? -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: New Web Page —Richard Dee
   On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:22:14 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) An assumption, based on the fact that most images of paper currency usually have something obscuring an important part of the note. Shall we do so, anyway? Front (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: New Web Page —Terry Keller
   (...) Oh, you want to scan them and compare online? AFAIK, in the US, it is not illegal to make copies of currency as long as the copy is a certain minimum percentage larger or smaller. Not sure of the percentage. 25% +- does spring to mind, though. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Jeremy H. Sproat
   (...) It's my understanding, also, that some percentage of the scan or copy needs to be obscured or obliterated. But that probably wouldn't get in the way of getting two scans, with different parts missing, and pasting them together digitally... (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Terry Keller
     (...) I must be sick, I just took the time to search this out: (URL) interesting. The most interesting point is the how to define "after their final use" in section #3. And, come to think of it, how does one specify a size on a computer monitor? For (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Richard Dee
     On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 08:49:06 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) I'll read it later. I do know a phenomenal amount of US dollar notes pass through London, via some US city, each week. Replacement of old bills going to the US, and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Richard Dee
     After all of the discussion about currencies, I have scanned a few bank notes so people can compare. Here is the site: (URL) is the text from the page, should anyone wish to send me scans of their banknotes. After discussing currency on Lugnet, I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Frank Filz
     (...) refused both last night and today. (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Frank Filz
     (...) Must have been a server problem, works now... Nice. There is some kind of image problem though, the reverse of the UK 10 pound note is larger than the front. (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Larry Pieniazek
     This page will load a LOT faster in most browsers if you use the height and width tags on the IMG tags. See the source of just about any of my pages for the syntax. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Richard Dee
     Once upon a time, (on Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:28:15 GMT, to be precise!), Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities.... (...) We had been discussing currencies. I think it was Mike who commented on other countries' pretty banknotes. (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Richard Dee
     Once upon a time, (on Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:38:54 GMT, to be precise!), Frank Filz uttered the following profundities.... (...) Nope, no typo! I linked to it directly from this post. You wouldn't be the 1st person to report refused connection, though. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Richard Dee
     Once upon a time, (on Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:15:04 GMT, to be precise!), Frank Filz uttered the following profundities.... (...) Whoops! Looks like I cut off a few millimetres of the right side. I intend to rescan them anyway, as they weren't the best (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: Making money on the Net (Was: New Web Page) —Richard Dee
   Once upon a time, (on Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:28:15 GMT, to be precise!), Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities.... (...) Didn't see that part. I deleted the height and width tags for the first one (used Web Edit Pro), and just copy/pasted (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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