Comments on: Refacing government tender

Refacing government tender

boo_radley — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:12:52 -0800

Refacing government tender It's not all about making George Washington smoke pot.
Some notables: The Anti-Lincoln.
Peanut butter washington
THIS IS JACKSONNNNN

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:20:31 -0800

I really like these, especially the Lincoln one. I think I'd have a healthier relationship with money if our currency was way crazier looking.

By: Leon-arto

Leon-arto — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:20:46 -0800

Just for the record, "government tender" is nonsensical. The word "tender" on the bills refers to "something that may be offered in payment" (m-w, tender(5.3)). "Legal tender" is used to refer to the fact that it's legal to offer to pay debts in US currency. "Government tender" would suggest that it's something that the government is offering to pay a debt to the author. It just doesn't make sense as a phrase. It's like the difference between "legal checks" and "government checks." The government cuts checks--those are "government checks"--but most checks in circulation aren't "government checks." Alternatively, the government does tender bids for contracts or performance on contracts all the time. Those are also "government tenders" but probably not what the author had in mind.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:22:07 -0800

Awesome. Emo Lincoln and Boom Headshot Lincoln are the best.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:22:23 -0800

This is fantastic. I wanted to link to a really good one, but most of them are pretty damn good. Thanks for this.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:33:23 -0800

United States Code TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY § 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations "Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both." Uh-oh.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:34:04 -0800

(also, you shouldn't cut tags off mattresses)

By: mdn

mdn — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:37:49 -0800

I thought TMN Lincoln and Rainbow Brite Hamilton were the best, myself.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:40:16 -0800

Prior art.

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:42:36 -0800

Those nickels are incredible!

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:43:02 -0800

those are awesome, yhbc.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:48:38 -0800

with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued There's the important part. There is nothing about this that makes the money unfit as to be used as money.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:00:25 -0800

There is nothing about this that makes the money unfit Besides, you'd still have to prove intent. I plead ignorance.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:26:03 -0800

Legal or not, is it spendable? Because I don't think stores will take defaced money where I live. I only have anecdotal evidence for it, but I can say I've never seen money in circulation here that has been written on. I think you'd have to go to the bank to get rid of it, and they might not be happy about it.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:28:13 -0800

Don't you live in Poland, pracowity? How many US dollars are in circulation there anyway?

By: VicNebulous

VicNebulous — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:45:25 -0800

Emo Lincoln. Christ, I just crapped myself. Joe D for President.

By: sperose

sperose — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:48:39 -0800

I've totally doodled on money before and never gotten any strange looks. And this totally made my end of work internetting awesome.

By: quin

quin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:31:14 -0800

I used to do something similar when bored at the bar, typically I tried to give George on the $1 dreadlocks, sunglasses, and a goatee. I still think it's a better look for him. Those nickels are indeed amazing.

By: Hugonaut

Hugonaut — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:38:18 -0800

Super Mario Lincoln is the best Lincoln.

By: mdn

mdn — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:39:11 -0800

I only have anecdotal evidence for it, but I can say I've never seen money in circulation here that has been written on. That has been written on at all? The white out and intensive blacking out of faces and stuff may be harder to bear, but drawing mustaches or glasses on presidents is as old as money with presidents on it. I have definitely written & drawn on money and then spent it... back when I had a zine I used to regularly rubber-stamp money that passed through my hands with certain words & images related to that project. money is money as long as both parties agree it is... you might not even notice images like this in between other bills - same shape, same size, edges look the same, so it all works fine. It's only under scrutiny that you worry whether other people will accept it and therefore whether you should accept it. But if everyone else shrugs about it, you would be comfortable shrugging about it too - so long as we were sure the money started as government issued currency, then it is imbued with value, ie, earned rather than produced by the citizens who spend it. The only rational reason to be hesitant is if this would make it easier for people to counterfeit gov't issue money.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:19:58 -0800

How many US dollars are in circulation there anyway? Not as many now because they are worth less and less, but US dollars used to be popular, not to spend in the stores, which of course can't take them, but to hedge against inflation and shove under the mattress and so on. And they're always unmarked, like the Polish money. In the only case I happen to know of someone writing something funny on a US 20, the exchange offices didn't want it and the guy had to go begging at the bank, which he said also gave him a hard time.

By: Marla Singer

Marla Singer — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:07:34 -0800

Emo Linclon - yes.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:02:21 -0800

See, this one references modern photoshopping while itself being low-tech photoshopping. Never mind cellophaned abortions and Real Dolls, this is art, in large part because dude didn't have to go and put a few lengthy paragraphs of text next to the picture to impart that notion to me.

By: thedaniel

thedaniel — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:27:47 -0800

Some 4channers are spending Lioncash by the hundreds (dozens?) uhgawd why and how do I know this