Australian currency notes – they’re like ours but without the animals and worth a lot more.

Following a redesign of the $5 note Ozzies have lost their cool, folks tearing into what they say is an insult to the Australian people.

Sure they’re prone to a little hyperbole, but let’s see the note before we go forward:

Seems alright, but Mashable weren’t about to hold back:

Some of the changes include a new “tactile” feature that will help the vision impaired find their way around certain notes, and a “top to bottom window” down the middle of the note — decorated with the Prickly Moses wattle and the Eastern spinebill bird that harks back to an old Australian-themed jumper from the ’80s.

The note has been labelled “hideous,” a “monstrosity” and an “abomination,” to put it lightly.

Some of the more angry tweets doing the rounds:

I tell you what ‘Stralia – if you don’t like them send them our way. That exchange rate of 11 to 1 should just about clear up any lingering doubts on the design front.

[source:mashable]

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