First We Saw Cards That LOOK Like Money...

[Don Boyer]

Now we have cards that ARE money!  Artist is Mark Wagner, medium is folded paper currency, created 2009.

Click on it for a larger image.

[Yashi]

Very cool but doesn't that count as vandalism?

[JacksonRobinson]

I've seen this guys work and it is all awesome.

[th4mo]

Interesting, but these are cut, not folded.
Here's a Slate article about the artist with some even more impressive "portraits" to check out:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/01/14/collage_artist_mark_wagner_currency_portraits.html

[Don Boyer]

Very cool but doesn't that count as vandalism?

Technically it's illegal to destroy money, but you can also buy uncut sheets of money from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving - it'll cost you the same as if the sheet had been cut; for example, a sheet with ten $1 bills will cost you $10.  Most people just get the $1 sheets due to the costs...

Interesting, but these are cut, not folded.
Here's a Slate article about the artist with some even more impressive "portraits" to check out:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/01/14/collage_artist_mark_wagner_currency_portraits.html

I was quoting the source of the photos.  Found it on Pinterest.

[10ofclubs]

After reading the title of the topic I thought I was going to see new cards that SMELL like money. Or FEEL like money.

[th4mo]

I was quoting the source of the photos.  Found it on Pinterest.

God forbid we question the reliability of Pinterest as a source...   
In any case, the images you posted would be impossible to create by simply folding.

[Don Boyer]

I was quoting the source of the photos.  Found it on Pinterest.

God forbid we question the reliability of Pinterest as a source...   
In any case, the images you posted would be impossible to create by simply folding.

I had a hunch, but being a non-origamist, I couldn't say with authority. 

Ya gotta admit, though - they look cool.

[Sher143]

These are so awesome! :O

[BiggerDee]

Very cool but doesn't that count as vandalism?

Technically it's illegal to destroy money, but you can also buy uncut sheets of money from the Bureau of Printing and Engraving - it'll cost you the same as if the sheet had been cut; for example, a sheet with ten $1 bills will cost you $10.  Most people just get the $1 sheets due to the costs...

Interesting, but these are cut, not folded.
Here's a Slate article about the artist with some even more impressive "portraits" to check out:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/01/14/collage_artist_mark_wagner_currency_portraits.html

I was quoting the source of the photos.  Found it on Pinterest.

Inflation has passed you by, Don! Uncut sheets of $1 bills  come in 4, 8, 16, or 32 bills.  A sheet of 4 $1 bills is $16.25 and if you go up to an uncut sheet if 32 $1 bills, you'll have to pony up  $61! Plus shipping! Think there's any profit in that?! :-)

BTW, those are BEP prices.

[Don Boyer]

Inflation has passed you by, Don! Uncut sheets of $1 bills  come in 4, 8, 16, or 32 bills.  A sheet of 4 $1 bills is $16.25 and if you go up to an uncut sheet if 32 $1 bills, you'll have to pony up  $61! Plus shipping! Think there's any profit in that?! :-)

BTW, those are BEP prices.

Thanks - I was mistaken.  I was trying to go from memory of what someone told me, but I obviously didn't remember it correctly.

[BiggerDee]

I wish that they were that inexpensive. I'd love to have an uncut sheet of bills to hang on the wall, but I can't force myself to pay double for simple cash. I need 32 fresh dollar bills and a 75 cent roll of Scotch tape!

[Don Boyer]

I wish that they were that inexpensive. I'd love to have an uncut sheet of bills to hang on the wall, but I can't force myself to pay double for simple cash. I need 32 fresh dollar bills and a 75 cent roll of Scotch tape!

Well if that's all it takes, an "re-uncut sheet" of Bicycles would cost about $5...