<--- To avoid problems with the law, I hide part of the serial number. As some of you already know, next week I'll be back in the US! Just a tiny week of vacations that I could slice in. Given the situation at home, it's the best I can do for now. So I take all the respite I can.
So I figure it's time that I should check how much US money in my waller and when I'll have some spare time, I'll go to the bank and get some more before I leave Canada.
Checking closer those US bills, I stumbled on a strange looking $1 bill. (See both photos)Stamped a few places on the bill, it said: "Track this bill", and then the url of a web site.
Oh dear, I thought I got a bogus $1 bill. At least I didn't lose much. :)
Apparently, this is legit. I learn this is a project that started 10 years ago, and thousands of $1 US bills have been tracked. Enter the serial number, and you'll see where your US $1 bill went.
Apparently, mine went from Ohio to Washington State. Not sure where I got that. Maybe during the time I was in California last May? Or it went back to the east coast and I got it at Blogadelphia (the bloggers' gathering in Philadelphia) ? Or in Boston?, both in June?
(Gee whiz, it looks like an STD, however with an happier outcome: Where and from whom I got that!!! ).
Fascinating to track the whereabout of a dollar bill. Already a round trip from the east to the west coast, it now has crossed the US border, now in Canada, and soon it will return in Massachusetts during my vacations.
The site is wheresgeorge.com .
I'm hesitant to let that $1 bill go, it feels like I met a friend who has traveled a lot and still has a lot to say.
On the other hand, the very purpose of these marked bills is that they continue to travel all over the continent....
So when I'll be on the Cape next week, I'll let that little guy goes, and I'll check its whereabout on the web site. :)
Out of curiosity, have you ever received such a marked bill? If so, did you know where it traveled?
Cheers!
-E
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Wow! Cool.
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