A few months back, I put in a plug for "Where's George?" a handy website that tracks currency through the local economy. Today, one of the bills checked in - and it was the original bill Jane got in change for a breakfast burrito at school. It originally came from Cedar City, Utah, logged in as a crisp new bill at 9:27 p.m. on May 17, 2009.
It came to Jane on May 30, 2012 - 3 Yrs, 13 Days, 19 Hrs, 7 Mins and 374 miles later. Well, now it's surfaced again, this time in Sonoma, CA 94 Days, 19 Hrs, 27 Mins and 369 miles later, in change at a gas station, bringing this particular bill's stats to 743 Miles in 3 Yrs, 108 Days, 14 Hrs, 34 Mins at an average of 0.62 Miles per day. It is now 512 Miles from its starting location. Keep goin' "One Dollar Bill, Serial# L2233---6M Series: 2006" you're doin' great. And if any of you want to see where your money's going, check out http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
For more about money circulation, travel and infectious disease, check out this video
This bill just resurfaced again (sadly, no comment) but on 27-Oct-2012 04:27 PM it showed up in Muscatine, IA 55 Days later having traveled 1,670 miles from Cedar City and going at a rate of 30 miles per day!
Posted by: Raven Jake | 10/29/2012 at 11:00 AM