Where’s George?
Last Friday, my husband took Ol’ Blue, my faithful 94 Dodge truck, to get inspected. After paying with a twenty for Ol’ Blue’s successful inspection, he received this dollar among the change. Take a look at it:
The front also has some marking on it, but it's a little hard to see:
To satisfy my curiosity, I went onto the “Where’s George?” website stamped on the dollar. The bill was marked up by a Taylorsville, Illinois, woman (registered as “WheatPenny”) on May 9. According to the tracking report on the website, the dollar traveled 554 miles and took 19 days, 23 hours, and 16 minutes to arrive in my hand.
After poking around the website, I’ve learned that a lot of people mark up money, register it on the "Where's George" site, and track it.
Why?
The front also has some marking on it, but it's a little hard to see:
To satisfy my curiosity, I went onto the “Where’s George?” website stamped on the dollar. The bill was marked up by a Taylorsville, Illinois, woman (registered as “WheatPenny”) on May 9. According to the tracking report on the website, the dollar traveled 554 miles and took 19 days, 23 hours, and 16 minutes to arrive in my hand.
After poking around the website, I’ve learned that a lot of people mark up money, register it on the "Where's George" site, and track it.
Why?
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posted by Becky Mushko | 3:49 AM
4 Comments:
"Why?" is a good question for us Georgers. For me, it's really a question of geographic curiosity. I live in New Jersey and spend most of my money here. For all I know a bill that I spend at the local convenience store for a gallon of milk will be picked up by a businessman who's heading to Hawaii on vacation. Or London on business. Or just to spend it at the gas station down the road. It's like having a mini-history with every bill.
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for responding, Scott. (My husband is also from New Jersey—he's a Rutgers grad.)
That's really cool! It would be fun to track your dollar.
I don't know Becky. I thought, wow, that's cool. But I don't know why I think that's cool!
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