TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 17, § 333 of the United States Code reads:

“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.”

Six months? That’s a little harsh. But people have been defacing U.S. currency for fun since it’s invention. A new Flickr photo pool collects scans of found defaced presidents. Here are some of the cooler movie/geek related bills:

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stop putting an apostrophe in "its", see title

April 25, 2008     

see title
Kyle | 24.196.83.241 report abuse vote down vote up Votes: -1

XD, I think this is pretty dang cool. :]

April 27, 2008     

I think this is pretty dang cool. :]
Ashia | 70.176.194.26 report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0

Back in the day..., Back in high school my friends and I

May 04, 2008     

Back in high school my friends and I used to take dollar bills and put KISS make-up on George Washington or give him Alice Cooper eyeshadow. Ah, the 70's.
Bill | 75.23.246.76 report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +0

Not original, Hey mate, if you have to rip stuff off of

May 16, 2008     

Hey mate, if you have to rip stuff off of other SU posts to put on your blog then DO0N'T RE-POST IT ON SU. The worst thing about SU these days is morons who duplicate things. How about you try to be original for a change.
Sick of SU repeats | 124.19.31.56 report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +1

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