Have you ever wondered where your money goes after you spend it? Where’s George? can help you find out. After registering with the site, you can enter the serial numbers from your bills. As money falls into the hands of different users, they enter there serial numbers in turn, and the money is tracked as it moves around the country.
Sounds crazy, huh? And for most bills, little or nothing ever happens. But for some, a detailed map emerges. Check out good ol’ K244—I, which is the top-tracked bill with 15 reported sightings. It was released into the wild in Dayton, Ohio, wandered through the south (and spent a long time in Texas), ventured to Utah, and was last seen someplace in Michigan’s upper peninsula, not too far from where it was first sighted.
Where’s George? is currently tracking 87,661,528 bills, which simply boggles my mind. Canadians can track their money using Where’s Willy? Similar sites exist for other countries. Check this list (scroll down).
[Where's George? — Do try this at home.]
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Hiya! My husband and I enjoy your blog. Not sure if either of us has ever commented, but since I am doing Blogathon, too, I thought this would be a great time to say hello and let you know someone’s out there.
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This is a first for me. I got the one-dollar bill
and almost put-it in a soda-machine until I found
the red-ink. I live in Paragould,Ar., just a few-
miles from Jonesboro. Hope you get this, George
is going on another trip today-via the Soda-
machine.
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George is in new mexico
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I like the Where’s George website. I even invested $10 in a stamp. I definitely recommend it if you have kids. But I’d warn aspiring users not to get their hopes up: For every 20 bills you mark and distribute, you might get 1 hit back. Lots of people who get your bill won’t visit the website. Take a look at K244—I above and check the “Travel Time” column: It didn’t necessarily take 212 days for that bill to move from Kincheloe to Rudyard; it took that long for another person to visit the website and enter the bill’s serial number.
It’s cool when you get to watch a bill crawl across the map, but it doesn’t happen as often as you’d like.
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this is the first time i have recived a bill with the tracking message on it.it will be intersting to see wher it goes and wher it’s been
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I have been stamping bills with Where’s George site on it for several years. I stop for a while, then pick up the “hobby” again. It’s really quite addicting – and fun when you get an email that says one of your bills have been “hit” and to find out where it has been. Try it yourself!
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