Making Money Look Good

I just had to repost this feature on the re-design of Norway's Krone bank notes by The Metric System and Snøhetta.

Surely a re-design of the British Sterling must be on its way, why not an abstract representation of the queens face or some use of contemporary typography.

http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/graphic-design/how-those-beautiful-new-norweigan-bank-notes-were-designed/