Defaced presidents on Flickr

Posted by David Pescovitz, March 31, 2008 9:42 AM |
Spockpoool 2326 2099329302 E197C6F48C-1 The Defaced President pool on Flickr is a hoot. From left, tonx's "A Lincoln Sane" and marabou2005's "Lincoln Mirror Mirror Spock."
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#1 posted by Jake0748 , March 31, 2008 10:08 AM

Ohhh Noooo!! Gosh, it's illegal to deface US currency!

Well, someone had to break the ice.

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#2 posted by ElBiggus , March 31, 2008 10:16 AM

I'd just like to add the time honoured phrase, "no, your *other* left"...

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#3 posted by Takuan , March 31, 2008 10:16 AM

not at all dear sir, "currency" requires that the script have some value. If you dropped one, they could nail you for littering.

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#4 posted by texwiller , March 31, 2008 10:33 AM

i just thought I'd point out that Laurier (on the canadian 5) makes a way better spock

http://www.flickr.com/photos/splurge/9118630/

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#5 posted by mellowknees Author Profile Page, March 31, 2008 10:53 AM

I dunno...Laurier looks much more Romulan than Vulcan to me.

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#6 posted by Trent Hawkins , March 31, 2008 11:17 AM

who's got enough cash to deface a 100 dollar bill?

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#7 posted by Takuan , March 31, 2008 12:01 PM

when you print as many as I do, it's no biggie

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#8 posted by mellowknees Author Profile Page, March 31, 2008 12:03 PM

this pool is seriously not big enough - everyone start defacing money and uploading your scans to Flickr!

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#9 posted by Takuan , March 31, 2008 12:13 PM

I wonder if this is a good way to pass counterfeits.
If the recipient is fixed on the drawn-on mustache, will he miss the other tell tales of bad paper? Can this be of assistance to me in laundering drug money?

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#10 posted by Strange Quark Star , March 31, 2008 2:45 PM

How about giving them the KISS look?
Easy to do, great effect (I think).

A shame that our bills (€uro) don't have pretty faces to deface... :(

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#11 posted by Strange Quark Star , March 31, 2008 2:47 PM

Ah well, they already did. Never mind...

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#12 posted by kip w Author Profile Page, March 31, 2008 6:50 PM

When I worked at the comic shop, I used to use my fine-point Rapidograph to improve the $20 bills. I believed in minimal changes -- just enough to make Jackson smile. I did a Groucho moustache and glasses once, but that was too obvious. I always buried the bills under others in a pile, and hoped nobody'd notice until they were a couple of steps away from me.

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#15 posted by corpse 1 Author Profile Page, May 2, 2008 4:23 PM

@Kip W: I've done some pretty outlandish drawings on bills and not once have I had a cashier refuse, comment, or even give the bill a second look. Mind you I'm in Canada where defacing currency isn't actually illegal (since the 1970s I believe), as long as it doesn't affect the ability to tell that it is valid currency.

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#16 posted by Takuan , May 2, 2008 4:27 PM

drawing knockers on the Queen were we?

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