Currency Bubbles

[Mulboyne]

[floatr][/floatr]Big Pond News: US dollar melts down in Tokyo baths
As the US dollar struggles against other world currencies in financial markets, the greenback is literally in hot water and melting down in Japan. Japan's top toymaker Bandai has released paper-thin, rose-scented bath soap that looks like the American 100-dollar bill and dissolves to create a bubble bath. To avoid being mistaken for the real thing, the 'Bubbly Bubble Bath' banknote features the winking face of former US president Benjamin Franklin, and the number 1,000 instead of 100. A pack of 10 bills is a steal at just 250 yen. 'You can enjoy being rich cheap,' Bandai spokeswoman Yuka Saito said. For those with fond memories of Japan's bubble economy of the 1980s, a yen version of the soap is also available. Bandai has already sold 200,000 bundles of the two currencies to stores since their launch three weeks ago...more...

The Yen version was actually available last year, as Taro noted.

[Number11]

There seems to be a melt down of editing, too. Benjamin Franklin was never a US president. Editors and writers don't have Google in Australia?

[imjackhandy]

The $10 bill also sports a non-president, Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury.

[BO-SENSEI]

I've seen worse, the English textbook I am forced to use refers to the guy on the 100 dollar bill as Franklin D. Roosevelt. I wonder how they managed to screw that one up.

[Number11]

The $10 bill also sports a non-president, Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury.

Jesus H. Christ... I was talking about he original post. WTF is wrong with some of your people?

"...banknote features the winking face of former US president Benjamin Franklin..."

[GuyJean]

Jesus H. Christ... I was talking about he original post. WTF is wrong with some of your people?..

(I'm teasing)

The guy's first name on the $10,000 bill is Salmon.. Also not a president.
http://www.who2.com/OnTheMoney.html

GJ