The Reserve Bank of Australia has just released its updated design of the country’s five dollar note—and Australians are not feeling it.
The note, which will be issued publicly on Sept. 1, features native animals such as the Prickly Moses wattle and a bird called the Eastern Spinebill alongside an image of the Queen, the government announced on Tuesday. The bill also includes a “tactile feature” to help the vision-impaired, and added security features.
Not that anyone in Australia seems to care—because all everyone seems to be commenting on is that the new note could be the ugliest thing man has ever laid eyes on.
Our new fivers look like vomit. pic.twitter.com/PKOJk6t45s
— ☔Jason Murphy (@jasemurphy) April 11, 2016
The new Australian five dollar note is literally the ugliest thing I've ever seen I'm so disappointed
— Kimmm☕️ (@Kimmlyx) April 12, 2016
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https://twitter.com/wingrove/status/719707773982744576
https://twitter.com/RanTLaw/status/719664662350958593
@joshgnosis Looks like golden staph germs from a petrie dish. How bad can banknote design be?
— Ben Sandilands (@PlaneTalking) April 11, 2016
But, there is hope—some enterprising folks have taken to redesigning the redesigned Australian five dollar note:
I just spent 5 minutes using the snapchat features on the new five dollar bill. What am I doing with my life. pic.twitter.com/wii1x7NBih
— Hannah Scott (@HannahRScott) April 12, 2016
GUYS I FIXED THE NEW FIVE DOLLAR NOTE! pic.twitter.com/UufE3wDzLt
— Dylab Nehan (@dylabolical) April 12, 2016
New $5 note released. ……very Australian! pic.twitter.com/pFm72ikJoP
— Shane Burns (@ShaneCBurns) April 12, 2016
https://t.co/EhV62HoR1b the new $5 note is here! #dollarydoos pic.twitter.com/DXWg7ziWkk
— Cassandra Warn (@CassieWarnPAW) April 12, 2016
If this Australian note goes into circulation, it could join an illustrious list of strange currency notes that have passed through our hands, including the 500,000,000,000 Yugoslavian dinara, the quite inconvenient legal paper-sized 100,000-Filipino peso note, and the hole-in-a-note currency from Zaire.
