101 UNUSUAL, IMPRESSIVE AND ILLEGAL PIECES OF DEFACED CURRENCY

I found some great examples of dollar bill art on uproxx.com

"At some of my newest favorite sites like Collection Studio, Visboo, Defaced, Slummo, If It's Hip It's Here, Deviant Art, The Heist, Greedmont Park and Heated Fornication, I found more than just dollar bills with messages written on them. I found artwork. Granted, it's artwork that is considered a federal crime and in no way do I condone the desecration of American cash, but let's say for entertainment's sake that it is pretty cool. On that C-note, enjoy this gallery of defamed currency."

The following are the ones I really like on uproxx

(This and a few other pieces are from a collection by tattoo artist Scott Campbell, who carves designs into stacks of cash. It's a little bit more impressive than simply drawing Spider-Man over George Washington's face.)

The Mighty Dollar

Mark Wagner creates some stunning illustrations, using only cut up dollar bills. On his website he states:

STATEMENT ON COLLAGE WITH CURRENCY

The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America. Collage asks the question: what might be done to make it something else? It is a ripe material: intaglio printed on sturdy linen stock, covered in decorative filigree, and steeped in symbolism and concept. Blade and glue transform it-reproducing the effects of tapestries, paints, engravings, mosaics, and computers-striving for something bizarre, beautiful, or unbelievable... the foreign in the familiar.

You can view more of his work at his website.