As an international playboy gentleman spy I've been known to frequent some of the classiest and most exquisite bars in the world. For example, I recently went to a bar that was decorated wall-to-wall in American dollar bills. As if this wasn't already the ultimate example of luxury, these dollar bills even had messages written on them. What better way to display your wealth than by using the most basic unit of cash to sketch the breasts of a girl you just met or to brag about your college fraternity or to tell a professional athlete that he can suck it?
This visit got me wondering if there were other jetsetter scamps like myself out there with disposable income and multi-colored Sharpies, and you bet your bill fold that we're not alone. At some of my newest favorite sites like Collection Studio, Visboo, Defaced, Slummo, If It's Hip It's Here, Deviant Art, The Heist, Greedmont Park and Heated Fornication, I found more than just dollar bills with messages written on them. I found artwork. Granted, it's artwork that is considered a federal crime and in no way do I condone the desecration of American cash, but let's say for entertainment's sake that it is pretty cool. On that C-note, enjoy this gallery of defamed currency.
(This and a few other pieces are from a collection by tattoo artist Scott Campbell, who carves designs into stacks of cash. It's a little bit more impressive than simply drawing Spider-Man over George Washington's face.)
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No, it’s not a crime. You can wipe your ass with money and set it on fire, or draw a mustache on Washington, and no one will give a shit. It’s only if you deface with intent to defraud (I.e. counterfeiting) that it becomes a crime.
What the fuck is with the triangles? I’m sure it has meaning to some 15 year old somewhere, maybe they can explain it to me.
These are funny. Too bad you go with the ridiculous pageviews format, I might have looked at more than I did.
fucking boobs my gd
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Can’t believe there wasn’t a single Captain Jack amongst them.
Check out http://www.makeyourfranklin.com, it’s the same kindda thing, lots of artists creating their own 100£bill.
How about you take your slideshow and jam it in your anus.
slideshow? for ten pictures maybe but 102!!?!! get real! i looked at the first 1-not impressed thnx bye
The Canadian Spock one is by far my favorite as it looks less like a defacement, and more like an actual piece of printed currency. The Triangle Zombie ones are great as well, worthy of actually being considered art, though there is likely some mental illness behind their creation.
ug there are repeats……… wtf?!
@Chris
Actually you’re not totally correct. This isn’t just American currency, there’s Canadian and UK notes in there as well. In Canada its still very much a crime to deface the Queen’s currency, pretty sure the same applies in the UK.
Will they prosecute it? Most likely not but its been applied in the past 20 years to get a charge to stick on a problem individual.
ROFL! im guessing thats why the eu decided to put bridges on our bills nothing original you can do with em! it amazes me how someone will destroy an 100 dollar bill!
half of these are located at dusty’s oyster bar in panama city beach florida….
would have liked to see more of these but who the hell has time to wait for a 102 page by page slideshow ? user-friendly FAIL !
GoldFalcon has crystallized my thoughts quite eloquently.
@Chris, it’s a federal crime to destroy currency in a way that it can no longer be circulated. If anything, I was vague in this quick introduction, but I’m pretty sure wiping your ass with a dollar bill makes it unusable.
@LJ, my apologies for the Darth Vader repeat. Other than that, there are no repeats.
@LLS, sorry you’re still using dial-up.
Everyone else, thanks for the intelligent input and for stopping by. Stay tuned for my 1,000-page slideshow of Internet commenters who complain about clicking a mouse.
Stay tuned for Uproxx not getting my pageviews.
@Kermit NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Can I take it to dinner first?
What’s with the Sierpinski triangles?
WHY ISN’T THIS ON HERE? WHAT AN OUTRAGE! SOMEONE DIDN’T DO THEIR RESEARCH. AMATEURS…
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Those triangles you speak of. Triforce. Just think about it.
this is better than all of them:
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This is absolutely great. And although it is a federal crime to deface govt. property (and it is), it is also art, so the govt. knows where they can go.
2 girls 1 cup. Lol