Waltham Native Wonders: Where's George, the Bill, Today?
A man originally from Waltham shares his fun in tracking currency across the country.
Dennis Bergeron disovered his first Where's George bill at the Woburn Post Office on April 3, 2003 when the clerk behind the counter handed over his change. She pointed out that it was a "Where's George" bill, and he could check out where it has been online. After that, Bergeron, a Waltham native, was hooked on tracking other bills and fascinated with their nationwide travels. Bergeron uses wheresgeorge.com to track the bills. The site allows users to record various currency and mark them with an address before spending them. "The hope is that, as the bills make their rounds, people will go to the website and record where they came across them," wrote The Wall Street Jounral. "Those who registered the bills, and anyone who records a find, …
