What Money Should Look (and Feel) Like

Perhaps unaware of the criteria for the most functional currency, Nigeria’s new money designers might not have solved its old problems.

An Artist Who Made Money

As an artist, a forger, or both, J.S.G. Boggs has made museums, colleges, Scotland Yard and the U.S. Secret Service decide what is fake money.

What Money Should Look Like

The currency part of a money supply needs three basic characteristics that relate to value and also usually a design that reflects a national identity.