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WRITING WWW.INDYMEDIA.ORG.UK ON FIVE POUND NOTES

Dave | 09.05.2002 17:44

Someone was telling me the other day about how he'd started writing "www.indymedia.org.uk" on five pound notes. He said that if loads of people started doing this then it would be really good publicity for the website.

Does anyone know if this is illegal? What kind of trouble could you get into for doing this?

Dave

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thats a good idea man!!!

09.05.2002 18:35

yep.....will start writing from tomorrow.i work in a shop so look out 4 them

zam

The Gallows

09.05.2002 18:45

Defacing the Queen's currency is a hangin' offence mate, put www.infowars.com on tenners too, before we have a cashless society.

'angman

I was thinking of office type rubber stamps

09.05.2002 21:26

they could be done en-mass if anyone with balls works in retail

jmayler

Yes it's illegal BUT...

09.05.2002 21:52

...how are they gonna prove it was you?

red'n'black

Any publicity is good publicity ?

09.05.2002 22:46

I think it's a pretty good idea to put the address on £5 notes. There's one in my wallet I'm just going to do now. Spread the word !

Thylacine

Why stop at fivers?

10.05.2002 07:36

Put it on tenners too.

The rubber stamp idea was a good one, too: it prevents identification via handwriting or something (probably impossible, but they might be able to use it against you in court if you get arrested for something else- some people are pretty good at making up evidence). I know there are companies which make stamps to a specified design, though it might be a good idea to look for one that will do it for cash, without a paper trail, just in case.

David C

Good idea

10.05.2002 09:23

I'll start doing it as well. A very good subversive tactic. Good idea Dave!!

Chaos from cash

10.05.2002 11:38

Defacing the Queens currency is an idea that has been around for some time. In occupied Ireland the Queen's head on coins of the realm was often illicitly stamped with little shamrocks as a sign of defiance.

Bypass the media lies. Spread the word. If you don't like the news, go out and make your own.

Our day will come...

Wolfe Tone

easy stamps

10.05.2002 11:50

you can get self-inking rubber stamps with just a frame which you insert little rubber letters into - untraceable and you can change addresses as much as you like. Available from any good stationers...

laura

good idea

10.05.2002 12:37

I heard about something like this last year from someone who had been an international women's conference in South Africa. One of the things that women were doing was putting a red dot on every note that passed through their hands in order to publicise how much they handle money and then contrast it with the amount they actually own themselves.

christopher spence

notes on defacing money

10.05.2002 14:50

i've been writing NO JUBILLE on teh queens head on all my notes for a couple of months now, it is totally legal to write stuff on notes ,u oftne get them from banks with numbers all over them. if u are asked about it, say it wasnt you, u got it like that...

pigwatch

I seem to recall a similar tactic

10.05.2002 16:06

being used during the regime of one of the South American dictatorships; was it Chile ? Obviously, any legal risk being taken then would be much worse than here. Lets face it, if the system wants to get you, they'll either find a law, or make a new one...

A B C D

Killer Queen

10.05.2002 18:01

I've been drawing moustaches on her face on fivers, tenners and twentys for years.

Freddy M

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