Isn’t it illegal to deface US currency?

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created by N4TETHAGR8 on 07/03/2025 at 22:05 UTC

4465 upvotes, 105 top-level comments (showing 25)

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Comment by mf-TOM-HANK at 07/03/2025 at 22:10 UTC

2248 upvotes, 21 direct replies

I asked Alkaline Trio to sign a $1 bill for me when they had a meet and greet at Warped Tour ~20 years ago and the bassist paused and asked, "Isn't this illegal?" I've still got that dollar bill tucked away somewhere

Comment by metalunamutant at 07/03/2025 at 22:09 UTC

3890 upvotes, 14 direct replies

Sadly, it’s required, as all convicted sex offenders must publicly announce their current address.

Comment by Abuolhol at 07/03/2025 at 22:08 UTC

612 upvotes, 3 direct replies

My safe at work wont take that shit cause of the ink.

Comment by SuzyYa at 07/03/2025 at 22:21 UTC

376 upvotes, 1 direct replies

This is literally elementary school level gloating.

Comment by Crimsonclaw111 at 07/03/2025 at 22:10 UTC

242 upvotes, 1 direct replies

This is beyond cringe, it's just fucking sad.

Comment by jahtzee375 at 07/03/2025 at 22:12 UTC

475 upvotes, 5 direct replies

Wait until they learn that the bills actually get turned into the government once they hit a bank. You’re just making more government work you MAGA idiot.

Comment by m325p619 at 07/03/2025 at 22:17 UTC

272 upvotes, 6 direct replies

It’s illegal but unlikely to be enforced. Rather, the next time that bill enters the banking system (e.g. business deposits the cash) it will be systematically removed and replaced with a fresh bill.

This will of course cost taxpayers money to print and replace the defaced currency. All so that one or two people will see it and roll their eyes. These are people who think that government spending is wasteful - forcing the government to waste resources to *checks notes* stoke their ego.

Comment by actuallyasuperhero at 07/03/2025 at 23:13 UTC

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I was still working retail right after Trump got elected in 2016, and one of my coworkers was a hard core Trumpster who enjoyed pissing me off. He knew I was leftist. He made a point to show me every time someone paid with one of these stamped bills, which wasn’t very often but it happened. Until he decided to smugly show me a five dollar bill with the stamp on it. For those who don’t know, the five dollar bill doesn’t have a picture of the White House. It has a picture of the Lincoln Memorial. But some idiot had stamped “DONALD TRUMP LIVES HERE” on it anyway. I cracked up, the customer who had paid with it cracked up, and my coworker never showed me one of those bills again.

Comment by hugesteamingpile at 07/03/2025 at 23:53 UTC

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Comment by thepwnydanza at 07/03/2025 at 22:25 UTC

50 upvotes, 1 direct replies

It’s only illegal if the intent is to render the bill, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued.

Comment by saucya at 07/03/2025 at 23:17 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I’m going to spend a good portion of the day enhancing my currency.

Like how long does it take to stamp three $20’s

Comment by Honey-and-Venom at 07/03/2025 at 23:37 UTC

29 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Do they .... Think this is a clever gotcha? Like, no shit he lives there, that's why your life and mine is getting so much worse so rapidly

Comment by Dragten at 07/03/2025 at 22:13 UTC

25 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Doesn't he live at Mar-o-lago?

Comment by null_squared at 07/03/2025 at 22:27 UTC

27 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Man, he really got me….What will I ever do with that $20 bill.

Oh wait. I’m not 100 years old and don’t carry around cash to own libs.

Comment by Masonjaruniversity at 07/03/2025 at 22:31 UTC*

18 upvotes, 1 direct replies

1. You CANNOT change the denomination — for example, you cannot add two zeros to a one dollar billand pretend that it’s a one hundred dollar bill. That’s illegal.

2. You CANNOT burn, shred, or destroy currency, rendering it unfit for circulation.

3. You CANNOT advertise a business on paper currency. For example, if you own a Bagel shop, you cannot stamp “Eat at Joe’s Bagel’s” on a dollar.

So more than likely no this is not illegal. Fucking stupid yes. Illegal no.

EDIT: u/smilingkevin so graciously provided the link from which I got this information!

Comment by PrimalNumber at 07/03/2025 at 22:24 UTC

14 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Imagine being such a simp

Comment by Wbcn_1 at 07/03/2025 at 22:11 UTC

36 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Not a cult

Comment by asmartermartyr at 08/03/2025 at 18:00 UTC

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The most pathetic part about all these maga posts is they’re still fighting their imaginary enemy, “the dems”. Sorry buddy, this goes way beyond “the dems” now. You’ve pissed off the rest of the free world, and betrayed your country. Good luck with that.

Comment by Beef_Cromwell at 07/03/2025 at 23:38 UTC

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Comment by argonautweekend at 07/03/2025 at 22:12 UTC

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No, it is not, unless it's defaced in a way to alter the denomination or to deceive. Just writing/stamping shit on money because you're bored or weird, totally allowed.

Comment by IamDoobieKeebler at 07/03/2025 at 23:04 UTC

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This is hilarious to me because it reads like a one page children’s book where they’re explaining where the president lives and it absolutely tracks with the intelligence of trump voters. 10/10.

Comment by cm103 at 07/03/2025 at 23:27 UTC

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That doesn’t look like Mar a Lago.

Comment by DucksEatFreeInSubway at 08/03/2025 at 01:57 UTC

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Pretty sure you can just rip that bill in half and bring the larger part to the bank and have them replace it. You don't lose out on your currency and you remove defaced bills from circulation.

Comment by InGordWeTrust at 08/03/2025 at 03:22 UTC

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Doesn't he live at Mar lago?

Comment by bruddahmacnut at 08/03/2025 at 03:42 UTC

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I get one of these, im drawing in flames and rioters, mayhem, and chaos.