Mexico redesigns currencies to help blind people

The Bank of Mexico intends to make alterations to its bank notes to help the blind and visually impaired distinguish them by making them identifiable by touch.

Source: Associated Press

The Central Bank of Mexico will make changes to its national currency to help the blind and visually impaired identify bills and coins.

The new money will incorporate reliefs to make denominations identifiable by touch, the Central Bank said Tuesday.

The bank plans to finish this year a study of the textured

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