Wheres George?
Where’s George? is a website that tracks the natural geographic circulation of American paper money. Its popularity has led to the establishment of a number of other currency tracking websites, sites that track other objects—such as used books—and it has been used in at least one research paper to provide statistical patterns of human travel in the United States.[1] As of January 31, 2009, Where’s George? has tracked over 144 million bills totaling more than $789 million.[2] The site was established in December 1998 by Hank Eskin, a database consultant in Brookline, Massachusetts.[3] Where’s George? refers to George Washington, whose portrait appears on the one-dollar bill. In addition to the one-dollar bill, 2-, 5-, 10-, 20-, 50- and 100-dollar denominations can be tracked. The one-dollar bill is by far the most popular denomination, followed by 20-dollar bills.[4] To track a bill, a user enters the local ZIP Code and the serial number and series of any United States denomination. Int
