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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 678154, member: 19065"]The Gene note is fun, if I found that I'd keep it as a novelty find. I have found some of the other notes with stamps shown but I'm not too keen on the stamps or the people using our shared currency as a medium of expressing their message/agenda as it forces the receiver to deal with several things: refusing it as money, explaining to someone another person/group's message or reluctantly/accidentally distributing that message for another group... just doesn't seem the right place for doing that. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like the concept of Where'sGeorge currency tracking, but I really hate how much the WG folks mess up notes with their inky stamps. I have entered over $1000 off and on via WG but I have NEVER stamped any of those with WG messages. I have culled a few WG notes from circulation and logged those hits, some I've sent back out. </p><p><br /></p><p>With all that said, the Seattle Art Museum really messed up that $2 note! and that's a pretty brazen advertising campaign. Perhaps they thought $2 notes were okay to mess with since *nobody uses them* and they are readily available. Plus that label blocks a huge piece of the art they were trying to promote.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a fun link, thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 678154, member: 19065"]The Gene note is fun, if I found that I'd keep it as a novelty find. I have found some of the other notes with stamps shown but I'm not too keen on the stamps or the people using our shared currency as a medium of expressing their message/agenda as it forces the receiver to deal with several things: refusing it as money, explaining to someone another person/group's message or reluctantly/accidentally distributing that message for another group... just doesn't seem the right place for doing that. I like the concept of Where'sGeorge currency tracking, but I really hate how much the WG folks mess up notes with their inky stamps. I have entered over $1000 off and on via WG but I have NEVER stamped any of those with WG messages. I have culled a few WG notes from circulation and logged those hits, some I've sent back out. With all that said, the Seattle Art Museum really messed up that $2 note! and that's a pretty brazen advertising campaign. Perhaps they thought $2 notes were okay to mess with since *nobody uses them* and they are readily available. Plus that label blocks a huge piece of the art they were trying to promote. It was a fun link, thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]
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