Not so long ago, the US dollar ruled the currency world with utmost elegance, but now like an injured monarch on the battlefield, it is valiantly trying to regain its initial status. The recession has damaged the value of the dollar and reestablishing its past glory looks quite uncertain now. But some optimists feel that the dollar can rule the world once more if it is redesigned and rebranded. Better social acceptance and mental connectivity are the motives, according to marketing psychologists, which have driven dollar architects such as Richard Smith into giving the dollar a new look. While on the subject of the dollar design, you can take a look at these snaps of the dollar in earlier times as presented on Mintblog. Richard Smith feels that the devaluation of the dollar has not got as much  [...]