[optacon-l] Re: Reading U.S. Currency Lesson One
- From: "Lerae Olesen" <lerae@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:40:57 -0500
Hi Catherine and list,
First, I got my Optacon to work again. I just plugged it in and waited to
use it, rather than turning it on immediately. Anyway, now that it is back
up and running, I tried to read a 20 and a 10 dollar bill. I could read what
I imagine were serial numbers on both, and the clearest thing I read, not on
invert, was In God We Trust, on the 10. I tried a couple of different 20
dollar bills, on invert and regular, turning them this way and that, both
sides, and, at least, today, for me, it didn't work. Thanks for the tips
though, and maybe I'll try a 5 or a 1 later.
Lerae Olesen
(Le rae Olson)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 10:30 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Reading U.S. Currency Lesson One
> Hi, everyone,
> I spent in informative half hour with my reader yesterday examining the
> various denominations of U.S. bills or at least the ones, fives, tens and
> twenties. Below is some general information which may help you to be able
> to read the bills. Also, if you asked 100 sighted people who use the bills
> every day, I bet none of them could tell you off-hand the information in
> this message.
> PICTURES:
> U.S. bills have pictures on both sides but not the same picture. Each
> denomination has a picture of a President on one side and something else
> on the other.
> The names of the Presidents are black-onwhite but in each denomination
> they are located in a slightly different place and position.
> On the dollar bill the president is Washington and on the back is no
> picture but instead a very large ONE.
> On the five dollar bill, the President is Lincoln and on the back is the
> Lincoln Memorial.
> On the ten The President is actually Hamilton and the back picture is the
> U.S. Treasury building.
> On the twenty, the President is Jackson and the back picture is the White
> House.
>
> On all denominations, in all four corners on both surfaces (except for one
> corner on the twenty), there is the denomination written in digits.
> However, these eight renderings on each bill are not identical. The best
> one on all the denominations is on the non-President side in the lower
> right-hand corner. it's black and clear.
>
> At the top of all the bills on the President side in white (as opposed to
> black" lettering is "federal Reserve Note.
> Near the bottom of each denomination is its value written in words. I
> forget off-hand which color this print is, but I think it's somewhat
> white.
> On the one dollar bill in each of the eight corners where the 1 is
> located, the number 1 is crossed by the word ONE. Both of these can be
> read on invert.
>
> The President pictures with the names in black are in more or less the
> middle of the left-hand protion of the bill.
>
> As we all try some of these things in hopes that we can make use of any of
> them, it's no wonder that the bills are tough to read. Let us hear the
> results of any experiments that you try based on this information. The
> names of the pictures on the non-President side are too dim to read easily
> even with sight. You can also look for In God We Trust near the top
> somewhere, also rather hard to read.
> I think the best hope might be that black number in a particular bottom
> right corner. That's the one I plan to experiment with first for myself.
> Catherine
>
>
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