I have been very interested in tactile markings on currency, in part because it seems like this is a thing the US will never have. What I didn’t realize though is just how many different systems and variations exist throughout the world. Fortunately for me, my good friend Tom, aka The Blind Coin Collector, wrote a fantastic post on the subject which summarizes many of the systems that currently exist throughout the world. I know I certainly learned something new and hope you will enjoy his post as much as I did.

This post is primarily created to help blind people who travel to a different country and would like a quick reference on how to recognize the local …

Tactile marks on currencies