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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jake in Georgia, post: 381196, member: 14928&quot;]Hello. I am a new user of Where&#039;s George? and a collector. I would like to share my thoughts on a few things mentioned here.</p><p><br /></p><p>First off, it is only defacement of a bill if it is done with the intent for the bill to be unfit to be reissued. The point of Where&#039;s George? is for bills to circulate and be rentered to see where they travel. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/104" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/104" rel="nofollow">http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/104</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I also find it odd that you insult Where&#039;s George in particular over someone marking on a bill. In my life, I have found a single Where&#039;s George? bill besides my own. However, in the average week, I find 3-4 bills that have markings on them. About 10% of bills I get from the bank have some sort of writing or stamp on them. I even occasionally get heavily marked bills, such as a 1976 $2 bill I got last week with 2 clemson tiger stamps on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is is that Where&#039;s George users are just a few of the people who mark on currency. It is not illegal to do. However, Where&#039;s George users actually do it for fun and are able to see where money goes. Speaking of which, it would have been nice if the original poster would have updated the location of the bill instead of merely complaining. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For those who do not wish to mark on bills, or not much, there is still fun to had in Georging. I personally use one simple stamp in the margin on my bills. Other Georgers do not even put any sort of markings on the bill. In fact, the Where&#039;s George? site does not in any way encourage markings on bills. That is entirely the users choice. You can see some Georgers who have entered tons of bills without any markings, such as Casper the Ghost Georger: <a href="http://www.wheresgeorge.com/user_profile_popup.php?ukey=67a9a8f7e8873764c8a33e4b2c4b0a56" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wheresgeorge.com/user_profile_popup.php?ukey=67a9a8f7e8873764c8a33e4b2c4b0a56" rel="nofollow">http://www.wheresgeorge.com/user_profile_popup.php?ukey=67a9a8f7e8873764c8a33e4b2c4b0a56</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>I would also like to note a few things about older bills. First off all, the Where&#039;s George rules are that bills must be Entered, optionally Marked, and Spent- in that order. Users can get banned if they Mark before they Enter, as this leads to what are called Wild and Crazy bills. In fact, right in the FAQ, it is noted: &quot;<i>Where&#039;s George?</i> simply doesn&#039;t track bills older than series 1969, except for $1 or $2 bills as old as the 1963 series can be entered.&quot; Those who are not collectors would probably spend older money or stars without any notice. An older bill or star could go through much worse things that stamps anyway. Would you be complaining to Coca-Cola if the bill you pictured were to have been dropped in Coke? </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I know this post is out of order as I replied to various posts here without quoting. I do wish that some of you would take a look at Where&#039;s George? and consider entering some of your own bills. You don&#039;t even have to mark them if you wish, but don&#039;t expect many location updates. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There are many bill collectors (such as the owner of <a href="http://www.tickleyourfancycurrency.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tickleyourfancycurrency.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tickleyourfancycurrency.com/</a> which has some GREAT stuff) on the Where&#039;s George forum as well. They often encourage older bills, stars, and errors to be posted for review before they are marked. However, some Georgers this simply doesn&#039;t cross their mind. They just enter and mark whatever they would usually spend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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