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The only thing I've ever seen, besides miscellaneous words is "Where's George" 

posted by mariposa75 on December 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM | link to this | reply

An interesting theme, FSI - comin to think of it, I do see stuff written on
our currency too.

posted by Straightforward on December 1, 2010 at 5:45 PM | link to this | reply

Having once worked in a bar, and at the foreign exchange where we handle alot of cash, I've had the occasion to see numbers, the where is George?, but never the I grow hemp, LOL! I'm not sure I would like the casino experience...oof!

posted by adnohr on November 30, 2010 at 5:06 PM | link to this | reply

Written on Money
People tend to write on it over here ha ha. I have seen them do math on it or write phone numbers on it ha ha.

posted by Cheerygirl on November 30, 2010 at 9:29 AM | link to this | reply

Rather inventive, but I've never seen any of that.

posted by dizzilizzi on November 30, 2010 at 8:25 AM | link to this | reply

FS
I don't handle much currency any more but I do remember people used to write all over bills. It is illegal but.... I don't remember seeing them in waves like you were talking about. It must be more prevalent now than when I had store fronts. Be blessed.

posted by Justi on November 29, 2010 at 9:51 PM | link to this | reply

wow, I never realized you can use cash to do some sort of marketing
lol, what will people think of next

posted by Tzippy on November 29, 2010 at 9:10 PM | link to this | reply

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The only things I have seen is someones phone # or at least that is what it looked like.

posted by MsJudy on November 29, 2010 at 12:37 PM | link to this | reply

Hi FSI, Growing up, my grandfather would send us a $2 bill sometimes.
He would write his name in cursive on the bill.  I found one of those bills recently.  My grandfather is 94 now and has dementia. Today I treasure those bills and the wonderful memories that I have of my grandfather.

posted by Amanda__ on November 29, 2010 at 10:39 AM | link to this | reply

I saw a long shopping list
covering a £5 note once and which £5 would never have covered

posted by malcolm on November 29, 2010 at 9:04 AM | link to this | reply

when my wife worked for a Canadian bank....

actually counting the money, the money received from the casino was always wrapped, thank God!  They would find everything from semen to traces of drug powder, blood spots and brown spots....I'm not kidding!  She is standing here telling me this as I type it...

Anything that looked tainted by drug powder would go directly to the police for analysis.....

posted by Rumor on November 29, 2010 at 8:34 AM | link to this | reply

I think this might be an American thing, FSI. I can't remember ever seeing anything written on an English note.

posted by Rockingrector_retd on November 29, 2010 at 6:40 AM | link to this | reply

FSI
An interesting post FSI, I can't ever remember seeing anything written on a bill...

posted by WileyJohn on November 28, 2010 at 10:19 PM | link to this | reply

FSI
I haven't seen much of that since I rarely get to see bills these days, since I pay everything with debit cards or credit cards. But one year a friend of mine had a stamp made with a raised middle finger - I'm sure you've seen it, LOL - for the sole purpose of stamping the cheque he had to send to the tax man in Ottawa...

posted by Nautikos on November 28, 2010 at 9:23 PM | link to this | reply

FormerStudentIntern

Í' Some people have clubs that you pass it on to the name on it or something. BC-A, Bill’s RJLst

posted by BC-A on November 28, 2010 at 8:39 PM | link to this | reply

at my job we have a machine which you are probably familiar with, that we put the 20's,100's and 50's to make sure they are not counterfeit but sometimes the violet light shows up strange things

posted by Lanetay on November 28, 2010 at 8:03 PM | link to this | reply

Well FS all I have seen is ink marks. I think they are pulled quickly if defaced if I get an inky one or a dirty one I try and spend it with the shop that has passed it to me and mention it at the same time.   

posted by C_C_T on November 28, 2010 at 11:16 AM | link to this | reply

you can't write on Australian or Canadian bills...they are made of
stuff that is more difficult to conterfeit and can't be defaced at all.

posted by Kabu on November 28, 2010 at 10:35 AM | link to this | reply

I would love to see one that says "I grow hemp"! I think that is one of the funniest ones I've heard! I have never seen anything that was other than a bunch of meaningless numbers! I use a debit card and so I don't handle cash much! But, this post makes me want to see more of the green! sam 

posted by sam444 on November 28, 2010 at 8:04 AM | link to this | reply

I've seen a lot of that done, too...I think sometimes people do that to
see if the bill returns to them some day, some how and they'll recognize it

posted by Ariala on November 28, 2010 at 7:22 AM | link to this | reply