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There are more means of personal expression these days than at any other time in history, but whether you choose blogs, message boards, graffiti, In a world where a $10,000,000 bill exists, it's clear money is worth less than the paper it's printed on. This makes the canvas ripe for use as a personal billboard. And if you get things wrong, you can always just spend it (as long as your artistic project hasn't destroyed it). To see what others have created, check out some of the most priceless examples of defacing green in the gallery below.
Personal Messages on Money
Why so serious? Because we're all losing about ten thousand of these a day lately, that's why.
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The artist will need that dollar to buy some new markers after this project.
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We liked Donnie Darko, too, but that's just creepy.
This would go better on a $300 bill. But since there's not one, a 20 will do.
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Nice work on the face, but what is Gene Simmons doing with Starsky's hair?
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What, you didn't know that Mario and Luigi had a third brother, Abe?
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Wait. We know this one. Duran Duran? Or was it Wall Of Voodoo?
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You'd be serious too if you had ten dix. Huh? Oh. "Dix" means ten in French. Never mind that last joke.
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Defacing money is illogical, captain. But it's fun. Now go learn how to spell Spock correctly, nimrod.
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At what cost? Hmm. Ten bucks? That's just a guess.
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Friday 28 November
By Badbns
Now that AOL posted this article, we'll surely see a surge in currency graffiti..."Monkey see, Monkey do." Currency graffiti is just another form of disrespect.
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Friday 28 November
By Big*Daddy
I was actually told about this from a few friends. Thanks for the recognition on the "BONER" dollar bill. My 15 bytes of fame. ;)
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Friday 28 November
By BIG*DADDY
wow after reading alot of these comments some people need to spend less time policing the internet. Seems they have nothing better to do like deface currency or something. Get a hobby so you can get off your chairs and let your arses rest from sitting on that stick that has you paranoid about your kids reading the "EF" word online. Like many others have said on here it is YOUR responsibility as a parent to monitor your kids not AOL. If you go to account settings you can set their screen names to the corresponding AGE limit that way they will not be subject to this or any other type of unwaranted material.
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Friday 28 November
By Ada
Secret.......Learn to spell, you ignorance is showing.
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Friday 28 November
By Curtis
God, people have to be so uptight about everything! Anybody who complains about such an asinine issue as legal tender notes being written on has no artistic skill, value, and are probably a religious zealot of some sort. For real people, grow a funny bone!
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Friday 28 November
By newconleth
Hidden messages in money, hardly an accurate headline now is it. This is merely graffiti. Whilst I don't care about that one way or another, feeling that if someone wants to ruin a bill then its their loss, people should realize there is indeed many hidden (and not so hidden) symbols on our money. Check out the tiny owl perched on the right hand side of the top right shield with the 1 inside it on the one dollar bill as a very good example. Your gonna need a good magnifying glass though. This is one of MANY symbolic images hidden within our currency. After you find it see what you think of what its meant to represent, do a search on it.
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Friday 28 November
By amstueben
the 7th photo, Queen Elizabeth saying 'Have you heard the mandrake scream?' has a caption suggesting the statement is Duran Duran or ?? someone else -- actually it is even funnier because it is a quote from a character that actress Helen Mirren played (the sorceress Morgana in the Arthurian film Excalibur) 25 years before she played Queen Elizabeth in the film The Queen. Quite a clever connection for the artiste! (And quite a stupid line for Morgana to say, even if she is trying to hustle Merlin at the time!)
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Friday 28 November
By XxToMsGiRL182xX
HEY! There are far worse things in this world then defaced money to ruin the Youth, sheesh calm down people...
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Monday 08 December
By pixie
I've never defaced any money but I can fold a 20 dollar bill to look as if 9/11 the towers are on fire,Its so weird...
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Monday 08 December
By pixie
I've never defaced any money but I can fold a 20 dollar bill to look as if 9/11 the towers are on fire,Its so weird...
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Wednesday 17 December
By Liane
My friends and I do that all the time! Our favorite so far has been the $5 we turned into a narwhal.
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Tuesday 23 December
By american
Jackson part of kiss? That is actually funny... but what isn't funny is the fact that when you get stuck with one of these bills. stores will not take them :(
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Thursday 01 January
By Blue
must be a slow news day, eh?
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Thursday 01 January
By Mark
I had bills in the past that was washed, torn, or taped. The bank will accept money with a corner torn off or a bill that has been taped together. I have spent and accepted money that has been wrote on all my life. It is only illegal to deface the bill if you are trying to make it appear to be of a higher value than it is.
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Thursday 01 January
By Mark
When scrap copper was bringing 3.75 $ per pound, I thought about selling pennies for scrap but found out that pennies did'nt have enough copper in them.
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Thursday 01 January
By R.J
To you children or people who think ALL kids use those words, you are sadly mistaken. Although they may have heard them (many only at school) they do not use them. My nieces are three of thosse kids who do not. I also know of many other kids who do not. A lot of it falls on the parents. Yes many parents use those words, but not ALL. I watch my language in front of or around children, if you tell kids not to say those words they won't if they are brought up correctly.
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Thursday 01 January
By Al
You folks worry to much about spelling. People are just writing a comment, not taking a spelling test. You get the message, or You wouldn't know it was misspelled. Just gotta complain. Wasn't spelling, it would be something else. This isn't a school project.
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Thursday 01 January
By RosyDawn
Number 17 looks more like Steve Allen in his seventies incarnation. {(okay so I'm old)for those of the younger generation he was one of the television pioneers.}
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Thursday 01 January
By David Cossa
What the hell is cash?
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Thursday 01 January
By Iceshark39
Out of all that 'defaced' currency, I saw only one that was truly rendered useless by obliterating the serial numbers. People write names, phone numbers, get autographs, addresses, grocery lists -- you name it, on all forms of currency.
There are, literally THOUSANDS of bills (US and Canadian that I am aware of) that are marked, in some way, with the slogan "WheresGeorge.com" -- an actual website that tracks paper money throughout the world. You don't believe me, check it out. As long as the serial numbers and all four marks of denomination are visible, it doesn't matter, legally, what else has been done to the money. There are even companies that will form an image to place over the portrait of the president with a child's picture (to commemorate a birth or birthday) and, I note to see, that the infamous 'Santa' notes are not even mentioned.
Heck, I have one in front of me that is stamped with "Impeach Bush", and that's still legal tender.
You guys at Asylum need to learn there's a difference between defaced currency that is still legal, and currency that is marked by the treasury as Obsolete. A 1934 Hawaii $10.00 is STILL worth $10.00 -- even if the collector value is WELL into the thousands.
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