Why do people mark dollar bills?

[Kenny]

I always get money with marks on them now. Numbers, stamps etc. The ones that stuck in my head are the "Gay Dollars" and the ones where you can track where it went online.

I really don't see a point in marking them. Is it to see if you get the money back?

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: t60
I always get money with marks on them now. Numbers, stamps etc. The ones that stuck in my head are the "Gay Dollars" and the ones where you can track where it went online.

I really don't see a point in marking them. Is it to see if you get the money back?

Hehe, Serendipity.

 

[waylman]

no, its to test for counterfeit money

 

[Buttzilla]

thats only for hundreds

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Buttzilla
thats only for hundreds

Not true.

 

[waylman]

you can mark any bill to test for counterfeitting

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: waylman
you can mark any bill to test for counterfeitting

lol.. Yeah.

I've seen it done to more 20's than anything.

 

[Monel Funkawitz]

~Stoner Voice On~

Its a government plot... man. It's like codes to tell the alien broccoli mutants where to go to suck out your brains.

 

[Nitemare]

I thought it was illegal to deface currency.

 

[Bootprint]

Ask at 'wheresgeorge'...

 

[Bryophyte]

I know some people like to write "www.wheresgeorge.com" so they can see how the money travels through the country. Some stores check for counterfeiting. And some people object to having religious references on our currency, so they mark out the "In god we trust".

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
I thought it was illegal to deface currency.

No, it's only illegal to deface currency to the point that it is no longer usable.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Ask at 'wheresgeorge'...

LOL.... Oh no. Now I'm going to check every bill that comes through my hands....

 

[BigSmooth]

Maybe they were used in magic tricks.

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: BigDan
And some people object to having religious references on our currency, so they mark out the "In god we trust".

man that could get tiring

 

[Jetblade]

A high school sweetie made me do it once in high school. She wrote both our names on it. :heart:

Then we went straight to the vending machince.

 

[Mr N8]

Those brown marks are from the stripper with bad personal hygiene.



:Q

 

[jfall]

People do it to see if any of their bills will be recirculated back to them

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
Those brown marks are from the stripper with bad personal hygiene.



:Q

:disgust: :Q

 

[stormbv]

Sometimes I'll write cryptic messages on bills just to amuse myself. But actually, I read that the average bill isn't in circulation for very long, since they wear out.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
I thought it was illegal to deface currency.

i laminated a dollar bill once.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: waylman
you can mark any bill to test for counterfeitting

lol.. Yeah.

I've seen it done to more 20's than anything.

That's because the $20 bill is the most counterfeited bill.

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
Those brown marks are from the stripper with bad personal hygiene.



:Q

LMAO

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
Those brown marks are from the stripper with bad personal hygiene.



:Q

Lol, thats a good one to tell over dinner.