american money: cotton paper. dissolves in water. pathenic
australian money: bright and colourful. has a see-through bit. tactile bumps for the vision impaired. waterproof plastic material

who wins? nobody. everybody loses under capitalism

and these aren't even the new notes. look how pretty they are
i suppose it's kinda like how venemous animals use bright colours to warn people of their danger
it feels weird to talk about australia without getting roasted to hell and back so here's a picture of all the coins we have. the $1 is bigger than the $2, and look at that gargantuan 50 cent piece
here's the fronts of them. they are not exclusively queen pictures
many vending machines don't even take 50 cent coins because they're so silly
@lynnesbian it _is_ silly, because they could've been designed as a solid of constant width but it wasn't
i have a US banknote somewhere
mrs. worldwide
i was talking to someone in america and i thought it was weird that they thought sydney was in queensland
then i realised i didn't know where washington was on the map
@lynnesbian consider: australia has seven states. America has 50

@audrey @lynnesbian the uK has three states

misty
rainy
and cloudy.

oh you mean like ... nation states?. My bad.

@lynnesbian i'm not even quite sure which canadian province is which sometimes and i live here
@lynnesbian we've got two of them, so you've got a better than usual chance of pointing to a Washington
@lynnesbian fake. America does not exist
@lynnesbian careful, if a criminal gets hold of that bill serial number, they can use it to go to https://www.wheresgeorge.com to find out where it's been
Where's George? ❝Currency Tracking Project❞

Track US or Canadian dollar bills as they travel across the country. Enter the serial number and zip code to track its past history. Get email when the next person registers your bill!

@lynnesbian this looks suspiciously like a uni dorm room
@nuttgodd nah my room is just a mess
@lynnesbian coins that don't have the Queen on? What is this? America?
@loki they do have the queen on them, just on the flipside, not the front