May 23rd, 2008 De-Noted :: The Art of Currency

Found a really interesting site charting all sorts of found messages and drawings on currency from around the world. De-Noted is:

a blog to see what would happen if you release a question written on a bank note. There is no agenda, no manifesto, just an idea that started last time I went to pay for my breakfast. I handed over a five pound note, and saw a number scrawled across it. I can’t remember the number, it wasn’t important at the time, but it was important to someone else. Of course, it was presumably only important all the while they were counting the days takings in the shop, and tagging every 20th note so they wouldn’t lose count. But that number made me think, and this blog is the result of that. What if it wasn’t a number, but a question?

Whatever the case, it’s a great waste of time on a Friday looking at what other people do when they are killing time and cant find some paper. Plus, it’s always in good taste to make fun of political figures and dead people. Here are some of the better ones:

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