[Conservative til I die]

As a paper money collector, there are litteraly many dozens, if not hundreds of designs to collect just from the years 1861-1928. Money design changed in some cases, every 5 years, and drastically so. We're not talking adding a watermark or making the eagle a millimeter larger. I'm talking complete redesign.

The arrogance of modern people who think the world started in 1996 (the year of the new $20 design) is really astounding, IMO.

[rmlew]

I agree in one regard. We should update some of our currency with designs based on those from 100 years ago. These were beautiful intricate designs. Add a silver, gold, or magnetic strip and some artfull color and we would have some beauties.
One thing, I do demand that at least one bill in common use have a picture of Washington and one of Hamilton.