6348: Coinfield
| Coinfield |
 Made by: Josep Nollette |
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With the decreasing value of a currency (inflation) comes the more frequent use of small-denomination banknotes and their decreasing lifespan from increasing wear and tear. Not even the US dollar is immune to that - open up an inflation calculator, e.g. in2013dollars.com, and you can learn how much a dollar was worth in 1971 (when the Bretton-Woods system was abolished) in terms of today's dollars.
Short of the potentially Orwellian transition to a cashless society, the tendency is for governments to replace such small-value notes with coins - the longer lifespan of coins saves money otherwise spent replacing worn-out notes. Canada, Australia and the UK are three of such states to have done so within the first 20 years of Garfield's run - as of this writing the smallest note is five units. Whatever reasons the USA has for continuing to issue $1 bills in the 21st century, imagine it's the 1960s, the smallest banknote is worth 25 cents, and vending machines have to dispense stacks of nickels as change.
I've done some alternate takes using a Canadian "loonie" (1987), a Susan B. Anthony dollar (1979) and even a British 50 "new penny" piece (1969) to drive the point home. There's even one with the €1 coin (2002).
Original strip: 2013-01-17.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
{A creature with a gold-colored one-dollar coin for a head and a pudgy orange body reminiscent of Garfield's sits by a table}
Dollar coin: Currency notes
Dollar coin: Some governments read expiration dates
{The coin creature sits next to a talking one-dollar bill}
Dollar coin: And some don't
Dollar bill: But... coins are heavy and weigh down your pockets!
