On Tuesday, May 20th, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit determined that the paper currency currently issued by the US Treasury Department discriminates against the blind. As all bills are the same size and have the same feel, it is impossible for a person without vision to determine the value of a bill.

Additionally, the Treasury Department did not prove it was too burdensome for them to make changes to the bills. Therefore, the Treasury Department will need to decide what it will do next. (Hopefully, the whole decision making process won’t cost more than the actual change.)

In the meanwhile, the editors at Random Stock pondered options for new paper currency. Perhaps bills could have their denominations printed in Braille? Maybe bills could be sized differently based on value? On a more frivolous note, perhaps scratch and sniff money? How would you redesign the paper currency?

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