I have been in the USA for 3yrs now & something has been bothering me. How do blind people tell the difference

Question

with the USA dollar bills? In Australia the dollar notes are of different sizes, therefore a blind person over years of practice can feel the difference between, A$5, A$10, A$20, A$50 & A$100's.

Answer 1

Coins such as nickels, pennies, dimes, and quarters are easy to tell apart. They all are different sizes, and quarters and dimes have ridges around them, while pennies and nickels are smooth. There are many ways that paper money—like one, five, ten, or twenty dollar bills—can be identified. Some blind people like to keep different bills in separate places in their wallets, especially if it is a larger bill that they perhaps do not often carry with them. The most common way to tell paper money apart is to fold the bills in different ways. Each person will have his or her own way of folding them; there is no standard for everyone. Maybe a five dollar bill is folded in half the long way, and a ten dollar bill is folded in half the short way. Or maybe the ten is folded twice. A one dollar bill might be folded one way or not folded at all. Or maybe a twenty dollar bill is folded in fourths or not at all. Everyone uses his or her own methods. When we get money back from someone else, we ask which bill is which and then fold it.

Answer 2

They can't tell the difference. But I do remember a lady who would have her bills folded a differerent way in relation to what bill it was. So based on the way a bill was folded, she knew what it was.

Answer 3

Actually, in the US, we don't allow blind people to handle money. It just leads to problems.

Answer 4

I have perfect eyesight and I have problems differentiating the US bills myself! :)

Answer 5

ask the next blind person you see.

Answer 6

You have too much time on your hands...