In the United States of America, you have to be a dead president or that carouser Ben Franklin to get your face on currency. In Britain -- in the city of Brixton, specifically -- you can be a professional basketball player and still receive the honor of having your face on currency. Luol Deng, who was born in southern Sudan but grew up in Brixton, graces a run of five-pound Brixton notes. (Photo below the jump.)
That Will Be Three Luol Dengs, Please
If this were to happen in the United States, with Patrick Ewing’s face on dollars produced by the New York treasury perhaps, it would have amazing strip club ramifications. Alas, only in Britain.
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