in oz we have brightly coloured plastic money. like toy money. (also when we want to send a message to someone we spell it out first on the fridge with magnetic letters, take a picture with our camera-phones, and sms it to its destination.) just as americans call $10 a "sawbuck", we've likewise given our currency notes pet names—in this case derived from their colours. so for the benefit of tourists, who may be bewildered:$5/$10 (fiver/tenner)
$20 (lobster)
$50 (pineapple)
$100 (gremlin)
fun, what?
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I had no idea what we had nicknames for our notes, though they do look like toy money!
Oz money is so pretty.
That's why still have AUS$185 in my wallet.
Every foreign money looks like toy money. The most convincing toy money is the Euro, though.
I love that you call them lobster and gremlin.
Our money is referred to as monopoly money too. Colors aren't as vibrant as yours though. I do like that lobster.
being plastic we can play with our money in the rain.
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