Re: Currency of the 'Verse...
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"...They were trimmed to size and then aged by the Property department, reportedly in a bucket of lukewarm tea..."
Has anyone tried this with the QMX currency?
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I never tried to age the QMx money, but you can always try it on one and see what happens.
I don't have any of the image manipulation programs other than MS Paint,
but I made these Blue Sun and Ariel bills.
Since I only used an inkjet printer, the ink would run if I tried the "tea-spill" weathering.
I carried them in my pocket with my real money for about a month to weather them.
Fold 'em up, carry 'em a few days, crumple them, re-fold them carry a few more days, fold and un-fold them several times a day, fold them in quarters, fold them in halves;
basically just do what happens to real money at an accelerated pace.
Also, beat some up worse than others.
The paper money in your pocket is never all worn to the same degree.
(Like when you look for the best bill to use in a vending machine.)
Personally, I think the tea method makes them look TOO old.
Generally, money is just softened, broken and worn.
I think of the tea thing as more like replicating documents decades or centuries old.
Mike
