Dollar Advertising

front of a US dollar

back of a US dollar

Receiving change from a recent purchase, I was surprised to see an ad stamped in red ink on both the front and back of a U.S. dollar bill. It’s hard to read on the computer screen, and the red-on-green contrast doesn’t help either, so I’ve copied the ad below:

See where I’ve been.
Track where I go next!
www.wheresgeorge.com

My first reaction: What a brilliant idea! My second thought: Actually, it’s hard to read. Third thought: Do I need to report this defacing of official US currency to the US Treasury Department?

What do you think about advertising on a dollar bill?

4 comments

  1. Do you think the Treasury sends people out to track who is defacing government property? If so, do those cops really try to back track the dollar bill to the source of the stamp? I would kind of find it humorous hearing about how the Treasury is arresting people for something like this (assuming I did not know the person being arrested).

  2. Maybe this whole thing is a government conspiracy. Perhaps the treasury dreamed this up as a way to track money launderers, terrorists, or counterfeiters?

    “Wait a minute boys…someone just accessed ‘wheresgeorge.com’ from Afghanistan…let’s roll.”

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