One Dollar Bill Art by Atypyk

1. E

   Isn’t this illegal…defamation of federal property?

   May 12th, 2009

2. K

   well, im guessing they used photoshop to do this, so its not exactly drawing on a dollar bill.. is it?

   May 12th, 2009

3. T

   those are not photoshoped… and yes it is illegal but so is littering… you only get in trouble if you get caught!

   May 12th, 2009

4. loverfaceex482

   the ronald mcdonald one creeps me out.

   May 13th, 2009

5. Dollar Bill

   Hell, the recession has defamed these things more than a pen ever can!

   For more topical humour, please pick up my pamphlet….

   May 13th, 2009

6. MeHere

   Nope i’ts not illegal. There are no laws against drawing on money. There may be some statute against it but(hold on to your reality folks)statutes are not law and the only way you can be prosecuted under a statute is if you volunteer to be prosecuted. Instead of talking s*** about what I just said, go and do some research. Look at this for instance. >>> http://www.rense.com/general85/form.htm <<This will blow your mind.Also, google John Harris ‘I’ts an illusion’ , and you’ll see what I mean. Enjoy ;)

   May 13th, 2009

7. Gus

   Not sure if that is illegal… in Vegas they can put your picture in a dollar bill and you can use the bill afterwoods

   May 13th, 2009

8. Tony

   I like the pirate one.
   Would be good to pay for an Arrrrmani suit with a load of them.

   ….I’ll get my coat.

   May 13th, 2009

9. gary

   Hey, i’m all for making the greenback more interesting visually. They have those state quarters right…

   May 13th, 2009

10. Lindsay

    That’s about $20 in graffiti… but very funny nonetheless!

    May 13th, 2009

11. Jessica

    Plus, they’re FRENCH artists… I doubt they have laws about one dollar bills in France.

    May 13th, 2009

12. oi web designer

    hohoho..
    thats funny,, i like scream,,,

    May 13th, 2009

13. Kirvi Inci

    Very cool.

    May 13th, 2009

14. Ben

    Yeah you guys can read, right? These guys are in France… not illegal to draw on American dollars in France baby.

    May 13th, 2009

15. Beezy

    who cares about the laws or statutes…

    its fun design!
    yay for being creative.

    May 13th, 2009

16. Jim

    I love the comments claiming statutes are not laws. Please keep violating statues and send me your prison address. According to the Secret Service, the use of WhereisGeorge.com rubber stamps on US currency is a violation of the law, but apparently they have bigger fish to fry. Not sure if they’re just being a bit aggressive because US Code Title 18 Chapter 25 has the relevant laws and includes “with intent to defraud” , while this obviously is not with intent to defraud. If it was an attempt to defraud, like they drew George to look like Thomas, it would be illegal in the United States, even if they were in France. And in the United States it is illegal to forge foreign currency. I’m sure the French authorities would help arrest and extradite. We wouldn’t have a very stable currency if there were no laws stopping people from forging it overseas.

    May 13th, 2009

17. Jane

    Thanks for saying what I was thinking Jim. Perhaps one need look up the definition of a statute: (noun) a written law passed by a legislative body. Hate crimes are a statute. Does that mean you have to volunteer to be prosecuted there? Maybe one should take his own advice and do a little research before giving legal advice to strangers.

    May 15th, 2009

18. Mau

    Come on! There’s no use for all this legal arguing, might be illegal or not, either way you can’t do anything about it. Maybe these online law enforcers feel this hurts your american pride but sadly this country has little to be proud of.

    May 15th, 2009

19. Jaap

    hm, $ 20 dollars, yea lets prosecute, costs are $ 1.000……..

    but you should by principle………..

    funny people, especially to compare this to forgery….

    May 16th, 2009

20. Miguel (Utilnet)

    Hello,
    Very cool.
    Best regards,
    Miguel (utilnet)

    May 19th, 2009

21. anonymous

    first!

    also: Photoshopped! The pixels are all wrong on the bills, not to mention that I’ve seen my fair share of ’shops.

    May 21st, 2009

22. InTheInterestsofScience

    Ok… just as an experiment I’m gonna see if I can forstall the inevitable tide of angry replies to the anonymous commenter above…

    This person knows that the bills are not photoshopped, and there are no “wrong pixels”. The message above me is what all internet newbies will need to lean to recognise as a meme. A joke. A running online joke. Have I made this sufficiently clear? Ther is NO NEED to post messages like “you idiot of course they aren’t shopped, what’s the matter with you…” or words to that effect. You’ll only look stupid.

    *sits back and waits to be ignored*

    May 22nd, 2009

23. Josh

    The law in question begins:

    “Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, etc.”

    The key word here is “fraudulently”. As far as I know, nobody has ever been successfully prosecuted for defacing US currency without some sort of intent to fool people (i.e. altering a bill to look like a bill of higher denomination.) Painting Ronald McDonald on a $1 bill is not intended to fool anyone. (It is also specifically illegal to alter a bill with the intent that it will then be removed from circulation due to the alteration.)

    May 24th, 2009

24. ...

    How do two frenchmen get sequential bills?

    Jun 18th, 2009

25. duh

    uh….they go to the bank. you know banks often times carry currency from many different countries…so they go to said bank and trade currencies, and they get bills in sequential order. but this couldnt’ be right? i mean french people are too dumb for all that right?…..stupid f%&9ing americans.

    Jun 20th, 2009

26. Don

    can’t believe that there isn’t a Bill Clinton Bill

    Jun 24th, 2009

27. Kama

    They are all cool, except the one with Bin Laden.

    Jun 24th, 2009

28. Meg

    I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using dollar bills as part of an art project. They’re not trying to spend that money, and there’s no mention of them selling their creations for profit. All they did was draw on them and share photos of them on the internet.

    I’ve gotten bills as change with phone numbers or little reminders (”Don’t forget to buy milk”) on them. At least the bills pictured here are more interesting than that.

    Jun 25th, 2009

29. anonymous

    Yes it is illegal to deface currency.

    United States Code
    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY

    U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
    Section 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.

    However, it is art. I’d argue that it’s not “defacing” but rather creating something out of what’s in existence.

    Very cool stuff.

    Jun 27th, 2009

30. pearljamcrazy

    Man, if I got that Gene Simmons bill I’d hold onto it! Hilarious!

    Actually, my friend, who also happens to be a fantastic artist, colored in George to look like the Joker this school year :D

    Jun 28th, 2009

31. Jim Lynde

    Don’t know why everyone is so uptight about whether this is against the law or not.
    They are clever. They are original.They are great.
    If I were lucky enough to get any one of them
    I would keep it and show it around.

    Jul 1st, 2009

32. Me-Mo

    I don’t see why it would be a federal offense,because the federal reserve is not a federal department.The federal reserve is NOT federal,or a reserve.It is in no way a part of our government,that is why we(our government)pays so much,for a stack of printed paper. When they could print our own real U.S.currency,and not have to pay anything more than the federal reserve does.Meaning ink and paper.We could get this country out of debt if there wasn’t so much money in it for politicians and our corrupt goverment officials.

    Jul 1st, 2009

33. Ashley

    Well even if it’s illegal I think he just paid a $1 for each of his artworks anyway. Because I know they are not usable now.

    I really like the spider man one very funny.

    Jul 2nd, 2009

34. oldmanvegas

    I take it you have all heard of graffiti. Which is illegal. Thats the point. This subverting of a dollar bill is the same as adbusting a billboard, or tagging a wall or creating a burner. The point is taking something held in high regard by some and subverting it with a new agenda - One group (the establishment) hold up a dead president as an icon, these artists replace him with another one. Highlighting the ludicrous nature of such nonsense.

    Jul 2nd, 2009

35. Thomasne

    It is my humble opinion that the spirit of these works does quite the opposite of defacing these bills in the eyes of this beholder. On the contrary, I think that ‘Atypyk’ has in fact for the most part significantly appreciated the notes and consequently made currency ‘more current’ if you will; thereby more than likely increasing the potential longevity of its circulation and to whatever insignificant an amount it may seem, saved the Federal Reserve a bit of minimally excessive printing costs! Furthermore, in the spirit of integrity, I move that the notes be acquired by the Smithsonian institute and immediately and for all posterity be embraced as not only a national treasure, but another ongoing souvenir of the Franco-American collaborative efforts that go back even further than the Declaration of Independence itself.

    In any case, they are fine works of in so many words handy craft at the very least; and should be treated as a monumental accomplishments along the way to perhaps a currency more diverse in the ethnic and gender specific limitations that for so long have held the tender at what might very well be the weakness that has recently seen an unusual decline in value on the global market.

    To those who have the patience to have read this far, my salutations! Having the feeling of a novelist on the five hundredth page of a commissioned ’short story,’ I concede to now close this approximate tirade in an area which have no official background or applied expertise in evidence at all.

    And so I do with the following blessing:

    For whatever it is worth,

    Have a nice day and

    Namaste o Nayam

    O Namaste

    Jul 2nd, 2009

36. Hannahhhh

    Very interesting. I first thought it might be illegal like treason, or something to do with federal property defamation. But the artists are French, so if we asume they live in France, is it illegal?
    Still. Its art.

    Jul 3rd, 2009

37. ralph

    any one notice how close the serial numbers are? i bet they are from a robbery or something, or somehow they bought a block or sheet with ones… but idk its weird!

    Jul 3rd, 2009

38. Sarah!

    Oh my goooood. Why bother going over if it’s legal or not when the artist lives in France? It obviously doesn’t matter. Just shut up and enjoy the art work.

    Jul 3rd, 2009

39. James Jesse Emery St. Louis

    Federal Reserve Notes are Not Money, They are Notes of Debt. The Government and banks owe all money in our economy to the Federal Reserve, when they call in some loams, our economy plummets, defacing the currency is not much of a crime, in retrospect. These, some of them Especially, are Beautiful. I’ll have them all. you guys should do one that looks like J.P.Morgan

    Jul 3rd, 2009

40. Lorenzo C.

    Who the hell cares if it’s illegal. Art is meant to be original, creative, and provocative. Laws and limitations are set aside for the sake of making something entertaining and beautiful. Look at the case as well (that means you Jim), are you going to honestly arrest two French artists living in France who drew on one dollar (a federal note costs five cents to make) worth of federally printed paper? I don’t think so. This country has way to much on it’s plate to go after some artists for defacing twenty bucks.

    Anyway, my favorite is the pirate. One up the Pirate Bay!!! XD

    Jul 5th, 2009

41. jem

    I don’t know what’s funnier…the artwork or the responses from ‘muricans!

    tres cool les guy

    Jul 5th, 2009

42. Sean Duran

    It’s not illegal. It’s only illegal if you alter money and then try and use it as legal tender.

    Jul 5th, 2009

43. Duran Duran

    It’s illegal to photoshop U.S money in France, especially if you get the pixels wrong.

    Jul 6th, 2009

44. josh

    illegal or not look at the reactions it stirred up in perfect strangers…………. behold the power of art

    Jul 7th, 2009

45. Amy

    Dude, it’s art, who cares whether it’s legal or not. Art is about expression and social statements. Legalities are petty and small.

    Jul 7th, 2009

46. CT Blake

    Something that all of you might be missing is– while it is questionable whether doodling on a dollar bill is illegal or not (it is, but not worth prosecuting), a bigger issue is making copies of them, which is what taking pictures of the bills and doodling on them (photoshop or by pen, doesn’t matter). Taking pics and putting them up on a website could get somebody in trouble under the counterfeiting rules (as you don’t have authority to make copies of bills).

    Jul 8th, 2009

47. LS

    Altering or otherwise damaging united states currency is a federal crime.

    There has never, ever, been a prosecution of this crime. Nobody cares.

    That said, who cares? Screw the rules, art is awesome.

    Jul 8th, 2009

48. wtf

    guys, there were 2 french guys who decided to have a good laugh, so they drew on dollar bills, photographed them and posted them on the net, only to find a bunch of d*ckh**ds writing sh*t about the law. All they wandted was to share the laughter with us, and we should apreciate that. The bills are great, creative and funny.
    And there is a slim chance they will get prosecuted anyways.

    and remember kids, dont do drugs!

    Jul 9th, 2009

49. kl

    not illegal….freedom of speech brotha

    Jul 10th, 2009

50. pranav

    man;
    its amazing.
    i really appreciate your creativity.

    Jul 10th, 2009

51. ashley

    Ha. Wow…. you guys…are you serious?!

    The trick? (I have seen this done)

    They are NOT drawing on the bills. They draw on a clear sheet and place the sheet against the bill so that it seems as if it were drawn on.

    Illegal? Maybe… Matter? No. It’s all in good fun.

    Jul 12th, 2009

52. Jessie

    well, since they are french i doubt they care about american money? do you even read?

    Jul 12th, 2009

53. Carl

    Yes, In the mighty US of A, the land of the free, defacing money is illegal.

    Another shining example of how the greatest democracy in the world operates.

    (though admittedly, this isnt in the same ballpark as torturing suspects at Guantanamo . . . )

    Jul 14th, 2009

54. Reno Luit

    coolio. how come you guys [states] still have billed one dollar and two dollar bills? always wondered that since here our money is coloured and two and one dollars are as coins… great art thought and no it isn’t against the law to draw on money, higher officials just dont want you to because its considered rude, we smash pennies under a train wheel, no one complains about that or when we drill a hole in old money to turn into a necklace or keychain, drawing on a bill should be the least of their worries so long as it can still be used and seen as the real money not a fake.

    Jul 15th, 2009

55. joseph

    I agree with Reno Luit, wtf is wrong with all of ya’ll for arguing like ya’ll do? just let it go, cause there’s nothing any of ya’ll can do about what has already happened. and if whoever did it, does it again, who cares!? let them get fined and/or arrested if they get caught, if it is in fact against the law to draw on money, cause there are supportive arguments for both sides. JUST LET IT GO! It’s because of people like ya’ll, that cause so much commotion over NOTHING just to have your own voices heard, that there is so much wrong with our world. You’re all wrapped up on an issue that doesn’t matter but a spit in the bucket!

    Jul 17th, 2009

56. joseph

    if you like it, appreciate it, leave a positive comment, if not, hold your legal jargon and move on, don’t try and ruin everyone else’s day…

    Jul 17th, 2009

57. Antony

    Nicely done, fellas. On a side note, all countries have their stereotypes. Not all Americans are dumb. Not all Germans are militant Anti-Semites. Not all Italians are named Mario and Luigi. Seriously. It’s just sad that I have to live in the country stereotyped as idiotic. They’ve made the figure head of our government seem idiotic so people will be so focused on how f***in retarded he is that they won’t be paying attention to what’s really going on. Nevermind the propagation of fear-mongering and extremist nationalism in the media. But I digress, once again, nice work. Funny how George’s face is so malleable to different facades in the right hands.

    Jul 18th, 2009

58. Events

    Very nice work!
    You could probably sell them for $20 each. Surely there are plenty of people that can appreciate the artistry and pay more than the face value.

    Jul 19th, 2009

59. Duzer

    Artistry? Funny? Hmmm call it sophomoric humor!

    Jul 20th, 2009

60. KottonQueen

    @ Events…. …”Surely there are plenty of people that can appreciate the artistry and pay more than the ‘face value.’” <— no pun intended right??? “FACE value” hahaha

    I do love all of these tho! Way AWESOME!!

    Jul 20th, 2009

61. t bags

    lol. osama ftw

    Jul 20th, 2009

62. Luna

    I don’t think its defamation of federal property.. I think you may be looking for defacing.. and yes, I think it is. But its still awesome!

    Jul 21st, 2009

63. t bags

    i’m pretty sure it has to be made unusable to be illegal. i think any of us would accept these as payment for any debts, public or private, without a second thought.

    Jul 21st, 2009

64. dawn

    would you still be able to use it?

    Jul 26th, 2009

65. Peter

    I like the dead George, we used to do that to magazines and newspapers when I was a kid….called it “skulling”
    Make all the heads skulls and leave it in a coffee shop or bus for someone else to find.
    I may make a rubber stamp to do the batman George a few thousand times and dump them back into circulation.

    LOL!

    Jul 27th, 2009

66. chris

    it is not illegal….onnly if you cover any codes that machines read and require…
    people always say its “defacing government property”

    Jul 29th, 2009

67. David

    good stuff… just wana be on the comments for an awsome turn out on the coments. Keep it up. Peace

    Aug 1st, 2009

68. marky

    Hmm,
    I wonder if they are still accepted as legal tender.
    Cool stuff.

    Aug 5th, 2009

69. robb

    legal or not, this is definitely awesome.

    Aug 5th, 2009

70. Duuuuuuude Where's My Car?

    Who the Fudge cares about whether it’s defacing government property. Why can’t we just drop it? Oh, and Mau, FUDGE YOU! America has much to be proud of, we’re still the best, everybody still dreams about America…coming to America, being an American, etc. You all may be thinking that it is childish for me saying Fudge, but my dad is reading this behind my back ;)Anyways. All you guys are proving is that you guys are ninny-arse nerds who argue over the internet. Just enjoy the fudging dollar bills mmmk?

    Aug 6th, 2009

71. Duuuuuuuuuude Where's My Car

    anyone also notice that the all the bills serial numbers all start with E1635…… Do you know how unlikely that these are actual one dollar bills. Argue over stupid defacing laws will you, yet you are all too stupid to actually examine the rest of the dollar bill!?!?! really people? PULL IT TOGETHER!

    Aug 6th, 2009

72. John

    i think it’s brilliant if they broke a law so what, keep in mind that this is on the internet, and no use arguing to people you don’t know and will never meet.

    Aug 7th, 2009

73. Jessi

    im sorry.. but all the people arguing about the leagal matter of drawing on bills a stupid. who cares! its funny and clever. i never got introuble for drawing on the face of whatever bill and then using it. most likely your just pissed that you didnt think to make your bills to look so cool! im an american and i just wanna say… frenchies got it goin on with their dollar art ; )

    Aug 22nd, 2009

74. Splint Chesthair

    People who argue that defacing money is illegal and that you will be sent to prison for it show that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The statute which people cite is in reference to fraud, not whimsical design, and really only comes into play if you tried to deposit a large number of defaced bills to a federal bank which would be found unfit for re-distribution. It has about 0% to do with writing on your own dollar bill. In addition, the statute has NEVER EVER been used in court against someone, not even for fraud. So everyone just chillax and don’t get your panties in a twist about people decororating their OWN money.

    Aug 23rd, 2009

75. Rach

    I love how this was started as two french men just drawing on money just messing around and instead of just liking or disliking it, you start some crazy arguement of wether it is legal or not. pretty funny if you think about it.

    Aug 23rd, 2009

76. Josh

    this is a very long and relatively pointless chain of comments.

    Aug 23rd, 2009

77. Chelsea

    …if only the U.S. became the artsy crazy country that it’s youth strives to be…
    then there would be all sorts of money with peace signs and pot leaves and monkeys screwing donkeys….
    you know, real creative things like that.

    Aug 23rd, 2009

78. dino

    Hilarious. I like the Spidey, Kiss & Afro G-dub’s.

    Aug 24th, 2009

79. Mindy

    Everyone laugh please and stop over reacting. If you speed, you are breaking the law too. Hush.

    Aug 24th, 2009

80. mmm

    I lol’d at these.

    Aug 24th, 2009

81. jimmy9001

    you guys do realise that they have done this to UK money too, and yer wait it was on tv more precisely the news where it was said to be an excellent expression of art and that it’s light humour should be welcomed, so much so that they did a gallery of it and members of the public could bring their own £5 notes to be drawn on for free by these very good artists.
    you all need to lighten up and realise it’s just art and what’s wrong with that so what it’s defaced who really cares just see that it’s done exactly what it should have done and that’s evoke controversy.
    some ace comments tho, i dont know much (anything) about US law but im sure they have bigger things to worry about such as the lack of money they currently have i bet they would welcome bills like this over non at all.

    cheers keep it up you crazy French artists

    Aug 26th, 2009

82. Ralf

    Love the drawings, hate the ignoramuses that contributed to the general dumbing down of the internet community by polluting this page with ignorant, irrelevant, and generally idiotic commentary. The internet is for the free flow of ideas and information, not the seeping ooze of ignorance and stupidity. You have every right to your opinion, but in the name of all things just and good in this world, learn to convey your ideas adequately and with out the general hostility that has plagued the human race for the past three million years or so, we are all civilized human beings here, act like it.

    Aug 27th, 2009

83. KatelynRene

    I thought these were hilarious,illegal or not,they’re pretty great. :)

    Aug 30th, 2009

84. Koosh

    Illegal, seriously? Who cares, it’s art. I just made my own batman and now I can’t wait to find some more singles…

    Aug 30th, 2009

85. Phillip

    They drew on a dollar bill…whoopdie freakin doo. The drawings are cool. Eff the other comments

    Aug 30th, 2009

86. gumbeaux

    If the man wants you for doing this, he will be knocking on your door before you know it.

    Aug 31st, 2009

87. Paula

    Enough already, it was done for fun and amusement. But I guess you all to narrow minded to see that. Why worry about if it is against the law, do you really think they were doing this to break a law?
    Get over yourselves.

    Aug 31st, 2009

88. At Home

    neat improvement to a piece of paper that is worth ‘less’ than $1.00!
    (I did not appreciate the bin Ladin one, tho)

    Aug 31st, 2009

89. Chris36

    Here is my take on the blogs here. The United states prints incredible amounts of money without having the gold to back it up with. The US government would be happy if these artist doodled on a few trillion.

    As for the artwork, brilliant! I had more fun and laughs reading the blogs tho..

    Aug 31st, 2009

90. Shootingranny

    I will tell you this, after you do this, they won’t go thru a vending machine! LOL! Someone gave me one that looked like the skeleton, and it would not go thru! I went without my Snickers that day! LOL!

    Aug 31st, 2009

91. jery garcia

    These are great! I wish I knew where to get them and start a collection. Of course you can’t spend them, but so what. They’re great to show and talk about at gatherings.
    Besides they’re probably worth more as collectables than real money anyway.

    Aug 31st, 2009

92. timbohunkas

    All I have to say on the subject is “cat”. Now there that makes as much sense as this chain of comments! Cool art makes the world a better place. Have a day losers

    Sep 3rd, 2009

93. Tango

    You are under arrest for the defacing of american currency. You have the right to remain silent, anything you can can and will be used agenst you in the court of law. If you could just go ahead and book your own plane ticket and turn yourself in and save me the trouble I will go easy on you.

    Sep 3rd, 2009

94. JaK

    When it comes to art, rules should never apply.

    I wonder if you can still use them as legal tender? After all, we’ve all seen that bill tracker stamp on bills, “see where this bill has been!” that’s defacing money, and I’ve had a ton of them!

    I want evertone to take a bill from their wallet, draw on it, and use it. I want to see if I get any of them in about a month, lol

    Sep 3rd, 2009

95. sula

    well congratulations people! you have completely destroyed what was a very clever and comendable piece of art by bogging it down with laws and rules! can’t you guys just take it as it is and have a bit of imagination???

    Sep 4th, 2009

96. Dustin

    It’s not illegal, the tender is your own property. Currency is for private and public transactions, if someone doesn’t want the marked bill they don’t have to take it, but your are free to do with it whatever you want.

    Sep 4th, 2009

97. Daemonknight

    It’s only illegal if you deface money with the intent of defrauding someone, like trying to change the bill’s denomination.

    Sep 4th, 2009

98. Robyn

    Who cares if it’s illegal. Maybe he photo copied the bills? It really doesn’t matter anyway

    Sep 6th, 2009

99. Pix110

    Interesting discussion about legality. As soon as they put their pens on it (if they did), they owned it as a copywritten work of art. So, how is that squared? Is the copyright thrown out if it is illegal to “deface” the bill? And what is the definition of “deface”? An artist designed the bills, after all. There’s no ambiguity about wether or not they own the copyright on these works, the question is what happens to that copyright if “defacing” the bills were to be prosecuted?

    Sep 10th, 2009

100. Silas

     Not illegal. You’re allowed to destroy money for Artistic Purposes, I believe. My old Art teacher used to do it all the time.

     Sep 10th, 2009

101. chuck

     are you really mad about defacing us property? get real, the dollor will only be worth about the same as a mexican peso when the inflation hits. (thanks obama and the dems.)

     Sep 14th, 2009

102. Sam

     Haha. I think a few of you need to go back and look at the “Einstein one”… because illegal or not, it’s wonderfully hilarious. Go look, I’ll wait…. See. Now go apologize to your peers for being such a square-pain-in-the-ass.

     Sep 15th, 2009

103. Laugh@USA

     Please stop with your “This is a US Dollar bill - its illegal.” This is art and nothing else.

     Sep 21st, 2009

104. LILA

     the 2 guys are french..it wouldn’t apply to them, if they got caught..right?

     Oct 1st, 2009

105. Adi

     I love the Batman one, that’s my favorite. I love all of the comments and I actually took the time to read all of them. I would love to find one of these kinds of dollar bills. :)

     Oct 1st, 2009

106. Izzy

     Love it! Cant believe how many people just biatch at these awesome artists for being inspiring and creative..

     Oct 1st, 2009

107. t

     This is not illegal, not at all, money is a personal property not only that once the money is taking off usa grounds its no longer subject to us law if you read its two french artists. So nope…you can burn any thing you want from the treasury hell you almost should it would make my cash worth more lol

     Oct 9th, 2009

108. Patti

     They are all obviously photoshopped…the numbers are exactly the same on each one of them…

     Oct 22nd, 2009

109. Warning

     You people crack me up, a checkout lady once told me that if it has three corners she would take it. I bet everyone a dollar i could use anyone one of these in any store. further note my dogs plyed tug of war with 6 one hundred dollar bills. Destroyed each bill was in like ten different pieces taped back together. I took them to the US post office and exchanged them for a money order. People should just enjoy art.

     Oct 25th, 2009

110. Shanna

     Who cares if its legal or illegal?!? its awesome art so shut up and enjoy it!!!!

     geez

     Oct 27th, 2009

111. kate

     The one with a fro looks like Bob from that 70’s show…

     Oct 28th, 2009

112. rasta

     i just read all these comments, entertaining. i was curious about the legality of it because i do it as an artist as well. i think people should only make comments when they know what they are talking about. but what can you do, learn to ignore. it is a dollar bill, go ahead an do that on 100 dollar bills and try to spend it, more risk. they are not photoshopped, it is not hard to get sequencial dollar bills, just get them from the bank. you would be amazed what you can get if you asked. i turned a 100 dollar bill into fifty 2 dollar bills once, just to spend them. i would be happy to face prosecution on drawing on a bill if it made me famous as an artist. artists do whatever they can to survive. support the arts, creativity is a gift, i like the hannibal lector one. i like the ones i wouldnt of thought of myself, nice job.

     Oct 28th, 2009

113. erikosbad

     really weird.. photoshopped? no.
     look at the serial numbers.. who gets bills freshly printed? i’ve never ever had two bills in my pocket, even like, 1000 numbers in difference, yet this guy has them within one number apart: E13652012J, E13652013J????
     I’m calling some type of bullsh1t on this one.. maybe photoshop? But who, again, would have these bills…

     Nov 2nd, 2009

114. g

     HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA

     each more pig headed than the last!
     illegal or not, th us gov wouldt consider that before they decided to prosecute.
     like how INCOME TAX IN THE USA *IS* FRAUD
     and good old g washington grew s***loads of marijuana at the white house, bet he’d be lovin the art. the bin laden one is probably the best one. DAMN FRENCHIES!!!

     Nov 3rd, 2009

115. Myndi

     legal bs = blah blah blah

     dollar art = Super rad! :)

     Nov 5th, 2009

116. tasha

     Wow. Leave it to some jerk to point that out… There are adorable. :)

     Nov 15th, 2009

117. Jim

     It would be easy to say theyre photo shop, but they arent, each bill has been doodled all itself. How do i know? Look at the serial numbers, theyre all within a few numbers of eachother. If you used photoshop, you would only need one bill. I wonder what happened to the odd ones, the bills that are in between the numbers of the bills pictured, screw ups or too abstract for the net???

     Nov 16th, 2009

118. claleb

     this is real cuz the code is different on each one.

     Nov 18th, 2009

119. Sarah

     yes, its illegal to draw on money…but its also illegal to take pictures of money because of counterfeiting…but nobody’s saying anything about that, are they??
     and who cares what these guys do with a couple dollar bills? its not like you got one of these dollars and got in trouble or rejected when you tried to spend it, right? and if you did…its a DOLLAR. big deal.

     Nov 22nd, 2009

120. hann

     hahahah loving the einstein one!!
     silly australia with it’s plastic bills lol i would totally write reminders on my money. but it gets ruined in the wash doesn’t it?

     Nov 23rd, 2009

121. Erin

     I agree with Sarah, just chill ouuut. It’s awesome. They’re all awesome.

     Nov 24th, 2009

122. ryan

     thats 19 dollars

     Nov 25th, 2009

123. john

     So politically dubious the one with Osama.

     Dec 5th, 2009

124. C

     it is photoshopped because its all the exact same dollar bill

     Dec 15th, 2009

125. Anonymous

     A, they’re different Bill,s look at the serial code.

     B, to put an end to the whole “is it legal” debate, it’s only illegal if the bills are defaced in such a manner as to make them unusable as currency, such as scratching out the code, the numbers or the signature, you can legally do whatever the hell you want to a legal dollar as long as it stays legal, and an illegal one doesn’t become legal.

     C, It’s very funny.

     Dec 16th, 2009

126. Mallory

     uhmm, i doubt drawing on dollar bills in illegal. Because I’ve gone into restraunts where you draw on dollar bills and they put it on the wall…

     Dec 21st, 2009

127. thomas

     speeding is illegal too, people. this shouldn’t be a petty debate over the legalities of a work of art.

     it should be, however, an opportunity to thank the artists and appreciate their work.

     Dec 30th, 2009

128. Jeff

     Very amusing, nice to see another personality bills besides Elvis and Marilyn.

     Dec 30th, 2009

129. Turn it over!!

     haah try turing it over and writing a B before ONE…and an R after it
     teehee
     it spells boner

     Dec 31st, 2009

130. Lenny

     Shut up and enjoy the art.

     Jan 1st, 2010

131. anonymous

     I like the indian guy and the troll

     Jan 1st, 2010

132. Omega

     when you go to the science museum they crush your penny into a tourist trinkit. same for seaworld ect ect. also there are people for instance that melt down old pennies (when they had more copper) to make profit. this is what the law is intended for not some guy doing money on a small scale. much of the money in circulation is takin out and destroyed by the government themselves anyway. this is a stupid thing to even argue but i have seen so many rash and brain dead comments i had to say something. and the art is amazing would like to see one of a ninja .or yoda . lol

     Jan 2nd, 2010

133. Big D

     You can buy real ‘modified’ one dollar bills

     they cost $5 each and are amazing. i bought 2 when i was in florida, will smith and family guy, you can spend them legally too but i dont recommend it.

     Jan 5th, 2010

134. Achelin

     just in the off chance that no one already pointed it out all these pics are of the exact same dollar so these are all photo shopped just thought I’d mention it.

     Jan 15th, 2010

135. smith

     i don’t think French artists in France can get in trouble for drawing on the American dollar…And these are not photo shopped. Look the serial numbers of the bills and the dates. They are different on all of them.

     These are awesome.

     Jan 18th, 2010

136. Nicholas

     It’s illegal to draw on money but only with the intent to make it unusable or if it somehow benefits you economically. just doodling on the artwork already there is fine.

     Jan 25th, 2010

137. Mirdban

     there are waaay too many comments on here that have nothing to do with anything. get a life, fools.

     radical dollars, guy, nice work.

     Jan 25th, 2010

138. Mirdban

     ps. the guy who said theyre all the same bill needs to open his eyes.

     pps. try turning the word ONE into BONER. lol,, thats good stuff.

     Jan 25th, 2010

139. Wolfe

     To the artists; great work. I really enjoyed these pieces of “art”.

     To the posters who are quoting law, some suggestions for future posts;
     *QUOTE the law.
     *Include the Chapter, Article, Paragraph, and Sub-Paragraph in reference(s) to your posts.

     Otherwise, you’re what is referred to as a curbside lawyer. Translation; someone who believes they know the law, when 80% of curbside lawyers are wrong in what they think is the law.

     Again, great pieces of art! Absolutely stunning!

     Jan 26th, 2010

140. DeeDee

     This is so stupid! I MEAN COOL ARTWORK, REALLY, BUT THAT IS ILLEGAL. SO, YEAG!

     Jan 26th, 2010

141. Todd

     What are the odds all bills would be E or from the Bank of Va? Look at your bills if you have 5 bills odds are they will have different. I had 5 one dollar bills and 5 different banks. F,K,D,E,B.

     Jan 29th, 2010

142. johnofark

     Not that it really matters, but I vote it was photoshopped. Just changed the last 2 numbers in the serial. Clever stuff nonetheless.

     Jan 30th, 2010

143. Erik

     FUNNY Stuff!!!!!!!

     Jan 30th, 2010

144. KevinG

     who cares if its illegal. its FUNNY.

     Feb 14th, 2010

145. Heavy-Duty

     From what I can tell… it is only illegal if you misrepresent the bill… Like changing a $1 into like a $5 and passing it off as a $5. - OR - Defacing the money to the point that it can not be used as legitimate currency, which basically means making it completely unrecognizable.

     Feb 15th, 2010

146. Maria

     Love it!! Here in Australia we don’t have $1 notes. I will get some $5 notes tho and deface (I mean do artwork on) the queen! Great stuff

     Feb 22nd, 2010

147. Liz

     It’s ridiculous how many comments there are arguing over whether this is legal or not. It’s 20 bucks, guys. Even if it is illegal it’s going to cost way more than that to prosecute someone for it and I’m pretty sure the government has more important things to deal with.

     And as far as people saying the bills can’t be used anymore, try handing one of them to a kid working behind the counter at cvs and see if they argue.

     Mar 1st, 2010

148. edhurley

     The Secret Service is in charge of protecting the President of the United States, and the one dollar bill.

     Mar 3rd, 2010

149. Ralphie

     Very Cool, More please. Totally photoshopped though, the serial numbers are sequential.

     as for being illegal, this crime is about on the same level of drawing hopscotch on the sidewalk. Its grafitti, tagging, but who cares.

     Mar 3rd, 2010

150. Ana

     I´m sorry if I will upset anyone, but ilegal, legal???? REALY? Only americans could go on and on about something as simple as art. It´s just art, it´s not an attempt to “injured” american pride. You guys should really learn to be a litle more open and less self centered. Can´t you just appretiate the idea? Really well achieved, by the way…

     Yeah, í´m not american, but i´m not also french, so i´m not defending my “country fellow artists”

     Mar 4th, 2010

151. Lonnie

     Duh !!! Did it ever occur to anyone that it’s most likely NOT illegal to deface an AMERICAN dollar bill… IN FRANCE ?!!?? not that I give a crap, one way or the other…. Those were a lot of fun however, so I guess I’ll have to modify my sentiments about the French (oh, yeah… They make some great cheeses, too).

     Mar 5th, 2010

152. Abel

     well when you look at it all the dollar bill codes are different. so i doubt he used photoshop, and is planning to save the bills he drew on, but hey, BADASS! good work, i support this.

     Mar 14th, 2010

153. Anonymous

     Haha, the comments here are funny.

     -I think this may be illegal
     -I don’t think so
     -Here is some legal evidence
     -quite interesting
     -JEEZE GUYZ CALM DOWN!
     -wat who cares if its legalor not?
     -Stop Arguing!
     -I agree because I have all the facts!
     -You’re ruining my day with these legal arguments!
     -I keep scrolling through all these comments of legal arguments only to complain on the internet in an equally lame fashion as arguing about the legality of bills!

     Mar 21st, 2010

154. Woah

     I don’t think that it would be illegal if it is to be used as ART. If the artist was to come to US and try to use these bills, then I would consider it to be illegal. Meh. We all have our opinions. Whose to say he/she didn’t draw on a bill, that they photocopied (oooooh, ouch) and drew upon that copied piece. Think what you will.

     Mar 23rd, 2010

155. SipSop

     ***********URGENT AND HORRIFFYING MESSAGE***************
     The whole “shopped” thing is tired now so you look like ur bad at interweb when you say it…further more, for you people who feel compelled to make said allegation truly believe that know one on the planet has been able to draw something by hand or take a cool photo since photoshops inception? Some of these aren’t even hard to draw for the average person. In short…silly nerds, rage is for the black people.
     ***********************END MESSAGE********************

     Mar 27th, 2010

156. mm

     Thank you SIPSOP for your post..
     Why do so many ppl think they are fake?? Is it so impossible that someone has a little skill when it comes to something so basic?

     Apr 17th, 2010

157. meghan

     They are art, I doubt the artists intend to use them for any further transactions. They are creative and nice for a good laugh! As for the mysterious bank robber theories…there is a site called ebay…go there and type in one dollar bills, you can buy them uncirculated and in sequential order, calm down folks! Kudos to the artists and good luck on all future creations!

     Apr 20th, 2010

158. Greg

     Wow. Come on guys, just one more month of stupid arguments and it will have gone on for a whole year! We can do it!!!!

     I too would like to see a Yoda, or Darth Vader XD.

     Apr 24th, 2010

159. Andrew H.

     Almost a year of comments!

     Anyway, cool art, and that’s what it is, art. Gonna try and make my own this weekend!

     Who knew Geo Wash could be so many faces?

     May 1st, 2010

160. Splint.Chesthair

     OK, so to mark the one-year anniversary, let’s sum up.

     1. These are cool.

     2. It is not photoshopped. It is very easy to get sequentially number bills. Walk into any bank with a $10 bill and ask for ten crisp new sequentially numbered dollar bills and chances are they can grant your request.

     3. Not Illegal. Most people are (often unknowingly) referring to USC title 18, Part I, Chapter 17, § 331 when incorrectly stating that it is illegal to write on currency. This particular regulation has a key word people overlook and that word is “fraudulently”. This means that defacing currency is only illegal if the defacement was performed with an intent to fool someone into thinking it was something it’s not, e.g. a $1 into a $10, or a $50 into unusuable currency. Not only that but the regulation has NEVER been cited in any court case in the history of the U.S. including ACTUAL monetary fraud cases.

     May 12th, 2010

161. KristenMarie

     Honestly, they probably were not thinking “lets draw on some money and cross your fingers because i want to get arrested.”
     Its artwork. You may not like it, but if they had known they may not have done it. All of you need to calm down.
     This is amazing:)

     May 26th, 2010

162. kanis

     hey who cares if is illegal its funny an i have a question the one with long hair is charles manson or jesus christ?

     Jun 8th, 2010

163. Splint.Chesthair

     Don’t say “Who cares if it’s illegal or not?” that’s stupid, demand the truth! It is not illegal!

     Jun 25th, 2010

164. Pamie.

     It’s so sad how people, instead of appreciating these works of art, complain about it as if it were a crime. Photoshopped or not, drawn on a transparent paper or not, usable or not, illegal or not, it’s entertaining and we should appreciate it as a work of art, a joke, or just a thing to laugh about.

     Involving the government in this only destroyed it a little bit. Why take out the fun? I don’t think these french kids will get arrested because of sharing these fun bills. Come on, people, don’t exaggerate.

     Jul 8th, 2010

165. anonymous (:

     (’: the amount of people spending their time ARGUING over whether its legal?! its just a piece of art work! look and enjoy :L

     Jul 20th, 2010

166. anonymous 2 :)

     yes ive spent most the time reading this comment and learning law then rememebering what i just looked at lol.i dont even remember what my favorite one was now cause i spent so much time reading it..:(

     Aug 11th, 2010

167. Sam

     ya it must be photo shop because its the same dollar bill each time.

     Aug 25th, 2010

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