Political Currency
March, 2005
In 1998 Johnny Bitter, owner of Johnny Burrito in Charlotte, North Carolina, started setting aside from the register cash that had been defaced with doodles, slogans or rubber-stamp prints. After collecting about 250 bills, he launched uglymoney.com. "It's a cost-effective way to get your message seen by many people, who, even if they disagree, are almost forced to pass it along," he says. And he's right: The U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving says a bill can be folded and unfolded...
