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Where's George? Tracking your dollar bills.

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Posted 25 March 2004 - 10:00 AM

Here's a kinda interesting site that I just found (due to an advertisement on a bill I received). There's WAY more activity on this site than I would have imagined. It found 1,058 bills in my zip code! ohmy.gif

http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
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Posted 25 March 2004 - 02:59 PM

oh ive seen a few of those...should write more on bills to screw up the mix...or possibly do it again but say "wheresgeorge.com has moved to whitehouse.com" or something else sinister along those lines
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Posted 25 March 2004 - 06:23 PM

What I don't get is isn't it illegal in the US to "deface" money? How is this site allowed to exist?
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Posted 25 March 2004 - 06:42 PM

I put a few bills in to there a while ago (Ones that I had recieved.. )

Ok in 2001 I did it... and I've gotten zero hits on my 2 bills that I entered. Probably they have been taken out of circulation by now.
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Posted 25 March 2004 - 08:09 PM

is it based on volounteered info, or tracking over the last few decades?

I have a bill at home somewhere, but i brought it over in like 1990.
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Posted 27 March 2004 - 12:48 AM

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Posted 27 March 2004 - 06:40 PM

QUOTE (Chefelf @ Mar 25 2004, 06:23 PM)
What I don't get is isn't it illegal in the US to "deface" money? How is this site allowed to exist?

But I don't think they are actually defacing the money. They are just entering serial numbers and location into a database via the web interface provided. I'm fairly sure that wouldn't be breaking any laws??? unsure.gif
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Posted 27 March 2004 - 11:14 PM

but your supposed to put the website on the bill.. which isn't really defacing it... and I'm not sure there is a law against that.
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Posted 27 March 2004 - 11:15 PM

QUOTE (Supes @ Mar 27 2004, 06:40 PM)
But I don't think they are actually defacing the money. They are just entering serial numbers and location into a database via the web interface provided. I'm fairly sure that wouldn't be breaking any laws??? unsure.gif

Yeah but the one I got had an official stamp with the URL for the site on it. It wasn't hand-written, it was stamped on. That's rather fishy. wink.gif
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 02:22 PM

I saw in a marketing magazine, an article on adv. specialties (you know, your company's name printed on caps, shirts, pens and the like- most get thrown away and aren't effective at all) there was an item about the tv series "traffic" sticking removable stickers onto crisp ones and distributing them at a trade show/seminar. (not defacing) not where's george, but worthy of note. It was written up as an effective way of advertising (more bang for the buck) the tv show, airdates and websites. I thought it might have been defacing, so I mention it here.
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Posted 29 March 2004 - 09:32 PM

it is illegal, but US police are focusing all their energy into busting people for pot, and Georgia girls for peircings!!

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Post icon  Posted 30 March 2004 - 12:09 AM

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