MetaFilter posts tagged with money and bills

Runaway inflation or just Ebay-as-usual?

clevershark — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:49:28 -0800

Man turns $1 bill into over $11 via Ebay. No it's not old, it's just a used 2003-series bill that's not even in very good condition. It does has an interesting serial number, though. As does this other $1 bill also on Ebay with a current bid of $11. Of course if your dollar bills don't have particularly rare serial numbers it doesn't mean you can't Ebay your way to profit.

Executive Elm Toppled, Bushes Intact

brownpau — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:27:01 -0800

Pull out a US $20 bill. Take a look at the picture of the White House. See that tree peeking in from the right, the 140 year old elm that's been there since Andrew Johnson? Well, it's gone. Yup. Fallen over, thanks to the soaker summer storms which have been hammering the Mid-Atlantic in recent days. Cleanup has started, but no word on whether the $20 bill will be needing another update.

Does Your Money Have Wings?

taz — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:44:24 -0800

A cool idea, and a fun allegory: Bird and butterfly collages made with old bank notes (two pages, horizontal scrolling). Click the images to view larger versions and see the notes that were used (scroll down). More here without the note source info.

Tinfoil wallet.

spazzm — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:01:40 -0800

Planning to blackmail a government and ask for the ransom in unmarked bills? Make sure you don't get the new US $20 bills.

Martin on the Money

Vidiot — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 17:56:18 -0800

Put MLK on the $20 Bill. Conservatives have clamored to put Ronald Reagan on the dime or the $10 bill. One outfit wants to name something after Reagan in each of the US's counties. Why not put one of "the greatest moral leaders of the 20th century" on one of our most commonly used pieces of currency instead? (Better to have King on the $20 than Andrew Jackson, whose unconstitutional Indian Removal policy created the "Trail of Tears.")

A peek at the new $20 bill

FearTormento — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 13:16:52 -0800

Some Action for Jackson A peek at the new $20 bill that will be dropped into circulation Oct. 9.

Ugly and not so ugly money

pedantic — Sun, 06 Jul 2003 19:27:40 -0800

Ugly money : burnt bills, Santa singles, good time greenbacks, bodacious bum bucks and then some. On a related but cool note, conceptual currency.

Redesigned $20

aladfar — Tue, 13 May 2003 12:36:26 -0800

US Treasury unveils new $20: A joyous day for numismatics! After a few months of delay, we can now carry a bit of color in our billfolds.

Holden — Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:40:19 -0800

The new money will be called NexGen™
The Treasury and Federal Reserve make it official: Starting in 2003, U.S. currency will have pretty colors. But they don't say which colors! I say we MeFis oughta lift our voices high with suggestions on what colors our $100, $50, $20 and $10 bills should be.
Is anyone else creeped out that they call the money "NexGen"? It sounds so ... Orwellian.

debrahyde — Wed, 01 Aug 2001 04:20:30 -0800

A web buck! We got a web buck the other day! No, it's not some kind of ecommerce thing. It's a good ole' dollar bill doing something of a Johnny Appleseed -- traveling around the country like an adventurer. And we get to vicariously watch its progress. Today, we're throwing our where'sgeorge dollar into a lottery fund at work. Where will it go next? Toll booths, bars, and Florida amusement parks seem like popular destinations, but at least one bill's been passed via a stripper! Have you seen a where'sgeorge bill yet?

4midori — Wed, 09 May 2001 11:46:15 -0800

Finances can be a sticky issue in relationships
Can you pay my bills?
Can you pay my telephone bills?
Can you pay my automo-bills?
If you did then maybe we could chill
I don't think you do
So, you and me are through

Can I get paid to write stuff like this? And just how would one get started?