band_on_the_runFront and back of $100 bill, real vs movie prop
JohnDClayI wonder what the building on the back is
Independence Hall
In the movie one I mean.
Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Here’s a picture of it now: i.imgur.com/UiDgPkw.jpg
Sorry, I meant one on the movie one
It’s just an artistic variation of the original Independence Hall drawing.
Oh, I was wondering if it was based on a different historic building. Okay
TheAndrewBrownIt’s the same building, just edited. You can tell the bottom half of the center is exactly the same and the the near sections of the wings are pretty similar. They just swapped out the top part and changed the windows on the far sections of the wings.
It’d be cool if they had a UFO hovering over the building to replace the top
Lmao the look on Ben’s face just kills me
zibHe's feeling sassy today
pancakesIt’s like he’s physically holding himself back from telling you there’s mustard on your face.
Taxation without representation, hmm?
[Purses lips]
We’ll see about that.
I’ll never forget the dude who said he put that exact face on his credit card, so he’d have to stare down ol’ Ben every time he wanted to waste money on shit.
That is a face that says, “Every dollar today is worth ten in the future, sir.”
RxBradBLUE STEEL
Rob T FireflyThey gave him a Woll Smoth mouth on the fake one.
I was wondering who signed the fake money and found this
It had never occurred to me that there’d be lots of competing companies in the business of making fake money, but it makes sense
Interesting read
And here I thought all the American money seemed monochromatic.
You’re thinking of older US paper currency, which was shades of green for a lot of its history. Over the years they’ve modified it to include other colors and introduced numerous security features, all in an effort to make it very difficult to counterfeit.
Here are a couple of examples of how bills looked when I was young:
Mate, your money does still seem monochromatic to modern eyes. I use it when I visit, and the other notes don’t have that rainbow on them. I admit I am rarely exchanging more than fifty US at a time . I’m comparing those that I use to modern notes.
And security features? The shops there still accept cheques. I was surprised the economy still functioned when I found that out.
Oh I’ve seen colorful foreign currency from around the world and how dull US currency looks in comparison. It would be nice if different denominations used different colors but honestly I rarely use cash these days so it really isn’t important to me.
A lot of places still accept checks here but more and more don’t anymore. However it’s not a problem in most cases though because fewer and fewer people use checks. A lot of young people don’t know how to write a check because it’s basically an unnecessary task anymore.
VindictiveJudgeI have never seen someone under the age of seventy try to pay with a check while working retail.
Oh yeah it’s freakishly rare to see in retail and restaurants. Some older people still write checks to pay their bills these days. My mom does that, but she always uses plastic when she’s at stores, restaurants , etc.
poppyGetting work done for the house checks are still the “best” option. Around here they charge a 3% fee for plastic which when you’re talking about thousands of dollars of work it’s no question I’m dusting off the checkbook lmao.
Both the uniform coloring and the size of US currency has long been a challenge for the vision-impaired here. Most other civilized countries have implemented different sizes for their bills and/or tactile features like “windows” that make it easier to identify a bill by touch.
Yeah I’m used to Australian money:
I’d like to see screen shoots of well known movies with close ups of the money they used. Pictures like these are cool but it never looks like that in a movie.
It’s like it’s magic.
It’s like it’s magic.
This was the fake money they used in an episode of Doctor Who when a cash machine exploded.
Lol that’s awesome
Awesome thanks. Know of anyplace you may be able to buy them?
That’s awesome. Do you know if you can purchase those anywhere?
VicksVaporBBQrubA quick google search “purchase motion picture money” says yes. The first website propvin{dot}com says… “A duffel bag full of double-sided printed bill cash costs about $1000… using blank stackfillers, with only just one printed bill on top of a stack will cost only about $300…”.
This is incredible. Where did you find this? I need more.
They used an actual $100 bill in National Treasure iirc
Of course, that was for a close-up of the bill itself which was actually relevant to the plot.
Iirc, there’s nothing stopping a production from simply using real bills, aside from the cost. It’s really only when you see them in bulk that props are necessary. Plenty of shots where someone is counting their money will also use real bills just for simplicity’s sake, but that cash is tightly controlled by the props department and they’ll switch it out for fake bills for general use.
balderdashWhy does Ben Franklin look so judgy? I never noticed until now
he just ate something super sour
It probably has to do with how long they had to sit still for a portrait back then
“If we had your levels of productivity in my day I’d have dived headfirst into a pool of prostitutes and not come out for a decade for anything but more booze and cigars, you pussies.”
Or not at all cause of aids
Because he knows what you’re doing with that c-note, you degenerate.
Tony SmehrikThat coke ain’t going to snort itself off a hooker’s ass.
Someone has to do it, might as well be me!
He was running a newspaper before he hit puberty, what have you done of equal note?
Looks like the motion picture people don’t trust in god ;-)
as they should
honestly as a European it seems insane to have religious messages on an official bank note
Vegans, CrossFit, and desktop Linux user
Oh my God, I’m a desktop Linux user… is something wrong with me!!!
Nope, but I bet you tell people
You’re the one that bought it up.
Well I did just tell you, so I guess that is a correct statement
It IS insane.
It’s our national baby blanket, with us from the beginning, and no matter how crusty and tattered it gets there’s no taking it away.
A lot of European money has the face of the current living monarch on the bank notes, which also seems insane if you think about it; for the rest of their life that person gets to trade drawings of themself for things.
Maybe but at least there’s no question whether that monarch actually exists/has existed or not.
This made me realize that I have not held or seen a $100 bill in a long time
Over here in Norway I can’t recall the last time I handled cash, it must have been at least 10 years, now, if not 15.
I get a bit nostalgic when visiting e.g. the US and pay for things with cash. It’s nice.
Cries in German
Yeah, and since you don’t see real ones that often the fakes are kind of convincing if you’re not paying attention.
Found one in a river once while tubing. Was excited for about an hour until we got out at the dock, I pulled the bill back out and gave it a closer look, and realized it was a movie bill.
Honestly that would be just as cool to me, if a little less useful.