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Zero-currency notes have been generated for most of the world: http://zerocurrency.org/

That's interesting, but half-done (as opposed to the zero-rupee note). The "zero" notes still have the numbers in writing for many countries, with only the largest-font number replaced with 0: close enough to the originals, even one-sided, to be considered a forgery. People have been indicted for worse imitations...

The Pakistani ten rupee note's parody, while current, is half done. It reads ۱۰ which is 10 in Urdu, and literally says "ten rupees" in Urdu on the top.

I'm assuming it was done by an English speaking individual that didn't know how to do it right. I'd love to contribute.

> and literally says "ten rupees" in Urdu on the top.

Are you saying that they literally spell the word ten in Urdu script rather than dus (Urdu for 10)?

Oh no, it says "dus rupay". It doesn't transliterate it. That would be weird :)

Most of the Spanish language notes are similar, with Colombia for example saying "veinte" (20) all over it

The Egyptian note has the number zero, but the writing still says Fifty Pounds.

Same with Saudi (it says five riyals). Bahrain has the numeral and words for one!

5 in Arabic looks like a western 0

0 in Arabic is a dot.

Interesting. Another project with similar goals I came across recently is https://www.stampstampede.org/faq/ which was started by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame. They use a stamp (like the Where's George project) and keep legal notes in circulation.

The Canadian note is many generations out of date.

Out of circulation, too?

I would think so.

I miss that series, possibly our most regal looking set.

Interesting choice of adjective, haha

I saw the US one has Andrew Jackson. Pretty fitting, but I can't tell if it was chosen because of his questionable legacy or just because the 20 dollar bill is common.

The website hasn't been updated for at least 2 years though.

(Under America, it still lists Barack Obama as the President.

That doesn't seem like a problem unless you're trying to rely on their population figures or something

It's a pretty great example of the wisdom of "doing one thing well." This site should just have a Wikipedia link to each country.

Or scrape/API, at most.

0 Billion Dollar Bills would be useful in the Trump era.

It still has the pre-1979 revolution bank notes for Iran. Not only has it not been in circulation or considered legal tender for decades, but also because of the inflation, the value of the note depicted is laughably low—like less than half a cent.

Poor Jackson got the honor of being featured on the US zero note. I kind of want to put Trump's face there.

Jackson's face is fitting -- He fought against corruption, and he particularly hated central banking and other banker interests.

And he defied a ruling by the Supreme Court to initiate the Trail of Tears, killing ~16000 Native Americans during their forced relocation. The new valuation suits him well indeed.

And that was horribly wrong, but I'm not sure it fully discounts the current context about monetary corruption.

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