WHERE'S GEORGE BACKLASH NOTED IN PAPER MONEY Public Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 8, Number 52, December 11, 2005, Article 16
WHERE'S GEORGE BACKLASH NOTED IN PAPER MONEY
In the November/December issue of Paper Money, the
official publication of the Society of Paper Money
Collectors, editor Fred Reed authored a detailed
article on wheresgeorge.com, a web site featured
in The E-Sylum way back on March 8, 1999 (v2n10).
Here's what I wrote:One of the most unusual numismatically-related
sites on the internet is "Where's George - The
Great American Dollar Bill Locator" at
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/ Readers can enter
the serial numbers of dollar bills passing through
their hands and track their later progress around
the country with the help of like-minded bill
trackers. Strange, but true...In a sidebar, Reed notes that not all collectors
are pleased about Where's George. He quotes paper
money dealer Tom Denly: "Perhaps I am being a bit
curmudgeonly, but this excessive marking has crossed
the line between fun and games and the deliberate
mutilation of currency. I have not reported this
bill, and I am going to tear it in half and turn it
in at the bank for replacement."- 2005-12-11
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