Shardcore sez, "For the last two years I've been stamping UV skulls on the Queen's face on all the money that I get out of the ATM. There's now thousands of pounds worth floating around the UK economy, visible only to bees and humans with a blacklight.
Given the events in the world's economy over the last couple of years, it seems all the more (im)pertinent."
UK shopkeepers often keep a UV light by the till to check notes to ensure they're not counterfeit.
Previously:
- Hilarious money doodles – Boing Boing
- Art students on the future of money – Boing Boing
- Deduct your Ponzi scheme losses – Boing Boing
- Currency origami — strange bodies and familiar faces – Boing Boing
- Tokyo nabe issues Astro Boy currency – Boing Boing
- When US currency was a showcase for art: 1876 – Boing Boing
- Tiny rubber stamp removes "God" from US Currency – Boing Boing
- Boing Boing: Lileks examines currency
- Christopher Wilde: currency collages – Boing Boing
- Cash graffiti Boing Boing
