I've heard of the Where's George?, The Great American Bill Locator website, but never investigated it... until yesterday. When counting money received from a bank teller, I found myself in possession of a one-dollar bill with a carefully placed ink-stamped invitation to check out where this well-worn bill had traveled during its journey.

So, I went to www.wheresgeorge.com stamped on the bill and plugged in the denomination, serial number and bill series year and found out that I was the first one to enter this particular bill since it began its journey from Seattle 76 days, 9 hours, and 55 minutes ago. It traveled approximately 1,938 miles at an average speed of 25 miles per day.


Wow. Over 76 days unaccounted for. I wonder where it's been? Grocery store check-out lines? Change machines? Countless wallets? Passed on by any drug users? Better wash my hands...


Interesting to see how involved some people become. I'll check the tracking report occasionally to see if another sucker, er, interested party records my bill's journey. Occasionally. Just the one bill.