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
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