?Where's George Bill Tracking?

hayjud_mn

17 years ago

This is the first time I have ever noticed one of these.

I have a five dollar bill with the edge stamped with an internet site for tracking where it is.

Is this legit? The site looks good and has prominent adds, but I refuse to give them my email addy.

I put in the info w/o my info and it registered.

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casey_nfld
17 years ago
Yes that's a legit site and many people track dollar bills like that.
teresava
17 years ago
I've done that before. It's fun if you get a bill that has some history!
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lynn_d
17 years ago
It's cool to follow a bill, I've tracked a few of the ones that I entered. Just keep the number and check on it in a few months, it is pretty amazing.

I keep a 'garbage' email account for things like this. I also use it for coupons or free give aways. If I start getting spam I close it down and open a new one.
sushipup1
17 years ago
I've been doing it for 6 years, and have more than 10,000 of my bills found all over the world. You can enter your email address safely, you won't get any spam, but you will be notified if that bill ever gets found again.

Lynn, are you checking on the bill using the "look up" function? If you enter you email address and create an account, you will not get spam, just notifications of activity on your bills. The founder and sole owner of the site does not ever allow spam, and I know him personally!
maryanntx
17 years ago
Don't you remember when we had a KT dollar we were tracking there? We got banned. LOL I wrote them an e-mail and let them know we did the tracking innocently and they let us re-register the dollar as long as we promised to let the dollar move in it's normal way.
Here's the KT dollar
sushipup1
17 years ago
Maryann, please never post a bill serial number and series online anywhere. Now it will be blocked!
lisa_fla
17 years ago
I forgot about this site! I'm going to order a stamp and start this. It will be fun for the kids.
hayjud_mn
Original Author
17 years ago
I was able to get information on the bill that I have without giving my email addy.

I found out that it has spent the last 177 days right here in St Cloud. The tracking must have started here.

I think I will keep it until I go out of town to put it on the move.

I forgot (or missed) the discussion of this before.
sushipup1
17 years ago
lisa, you can get a free stamp and ink pad for the $4 cost of shipping. Stamp Connection is great!

Here is a link that might be useful: Stamp Connection
lisa_fla
17 years ago
Sushipup-THANK YOU!!!! I just ordered one! I started looking for stamps after I posted but I got distracted by housework. I just followed your link and bought one. Come on KT-lets start stamping and using them!! It would be really cool to get a U.S. map and track them!
sushipup1
17 years ago
Hayjud, did you "hit" the bill (under "Enter a bill"? Or just look it up? Yes, you can hit a bill without registering or giving your email address, but you won't be notified if it gets found again.

Spend it and see if it gets found again.

Only about 20% of all bills I enter get found, and that's a pretty good percentage.
cynic
17 years ago
Personally I get annoyed with this. It's bad enough when Governor Dimwit started including advertisements in with license renewals but this is worse. It is defacing public currency, which is illegal and it's also spam. The owner used to sell the stamps and was ordered to quit since it was an illegal activity, and he did stop selling them but now uses other accomplices to try to circumvent potential prosecution. I think it's tacky and looks bad. I much prefer to look at a clean bill and not someone's advertisements. At that rate, I'd rather see the bills run viagra ads or feminine freshness ads on them instead of spam and at least get some income to help the economy rather than profit one, albeit creative guy.

Maybe we should all start stamping bills promoting websites for *our* financial benefit? Innocent fun, maybe, but the same can be said for any graffiti, and painting a wall costs the offender, rather than creating an income for them. Yeah, I'm a killjoy. But crime is crime and tacky is tacky. And I think some laws are good and the prohibition of defacing currency IMO is a good one.
okwriter
17 years ago
Yeah, I'm a killjoy.

Then lighten up. LOL!

:-)
hayjud_mn
Original Author
17 years ago
Thank you cynic!

After your response, I googled "defaceing money" and I found some very interesting stuff.

Originally I used the term "legit" but now I would like to change it to "legal." I now know that it is NOT a good thing to do. Whether legal or not is still questionable because of the wording in the CODE about such matters.

Here is some of what I found:
___________________________________________________________
United States Code
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY
1. Mutilation of national bank obligations
?Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or
unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill,
draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking
association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System,
with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence
of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than six months, or both.?
FINDLAW
__________________________________________________________

The code does include the statement "with intent to render ... unfit to reissue."

I'm sure this makes it very hard to procecute most cases.
Some of the examples that were shown, make me realize that there are a lot of very "sick" "wierd" and "troubled" minds out there, and I would not want to ever be considdered amoung any of those groups.

I'm not judging any one else, and I can see where tracking a bill could be "fun" BUT this is our Nations currency and it means something special. I don't want to be any part of defaceing it. If anyone who felt like it just added another stamp or scribble to all the dollar bills that passed their hands, our gov't would need to be replaceing them at a rediculous rate. Hey, that would be more gov't waist! We all know that gov't waist is normal behavior of the gov't, BUT I WILL NOT DELIBERATELY BE PART OF IT.

I love our Nation and respect everything that represents it, that includes our money.

What am I going to do with this five dollar bill that is stamped -- if I musted up the guts, I will take it over to the bank to get it replaced. When a little bit of wrong is accepted - the next step is accepting a little more.
cynic
17 years ago
hayjud_mn, that's my point. If we all stamped them, without "intent" it still causes trouble. They likely won't prosecute that clown, at least not for a while. But, just like the feds don't always prosecute people there are other options. For instance, currency collectors could start a civil suit against the guy, his cohorts and his site for lost revenues. Nobody can say that a bill is increased in value after being vandalized. I hope the guy spends a ton of time in court. At least we won't have to foot the bill for his time in jail.

And look at those stamps they're selling. It used to be one line, now it's what, FOUR? Far from unobtrusive.
cynic
17 years ago
Oh and yes I realize the debate about "intent" and the thought that technically it's not illegal, but the official position of the Secret Service and Treasury Department is that it is illegal so it's not unreasonable to think that someday they might say enough of this trash.
marilyn_c
17 years ago
Well, I have never stamped any bills but when I get a Where's George bill, I always look it up and post where I got it. I think it is interesting to see where they have been.

I am certainly concerned about the dept. of the treasury, especially since the guy in charge of it now is a tax cheat.
(Not!!!) Anyway, if any of you guys go to prison, don't worry, I will write to you. ;)
tjsharky
17 years ago
Mr Cynic,

The Secret Service has, in fact, told the owner of the site that it isn't illegal. They just told him not to sell the stamps.

As for your comment about the currency collectors suing, give me a break. You would have to include every cashier, teller, and vendor who has ever used a counterfit pen on a new bill! Please...

Oh well, time for me to enter and stamp 50 nice new crisp bills!!!!
pattico_gw
17 years ago
We got one today...at our table while a bunch of us were out to eat. It was my cousins change. but I did take a look at it.

It was stamped different...It had purple on it and it went around one of the circles and said something about tracking and a site to give the bill number to. This one was a one dollar bill.

patti
lisa_fla
17 years ago
My stamp came yesterday! Too bad I have absolutely no money in my wallet. Time to hit the ATM!!
cynic
17 years ago
Mr/Ma/Ms/Miss/Mrs/whatever tjsharky:

Feel free to post a copy of that letter saying it's not "in fact" illegal. And you obviously have no idea on how the counterfeit pens work.

Yes, we should all use money to spam. And profit by it. Like the other crooks in the world! And I hope you find some nice grafitti on your walls too! Maybe to promote someone's pocketbook and website. :)

Perhaps I should toddle off to forward an email address to spammers. ;)

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