Where's Willy
Where's Willy? is a website that enables the circulation of Canadian paper money to be tracked. The site was founded in February 2001 by the American Hank Eskin, who had launched Where's George in 1998 in the USA .
functionality
The name Where's Willy? is derived from Wilfrid Laurier , the seventh Prime Minister of Canada , whose portrait is shown on the five dollar bill. This bill is also the smallest in Canada, where, unlike the United States, there are no more bills for one or two dollars. Today there are only denominations of $ 5, $ 10, $ 20, $ 50 and $ 100.
The Canadian postcode or the US postcode of the place where you received the ticket as well as the series and serial number are entered into the input mask on the website . A special input page is provided for international users, on which one can find selected foreign locations.
If the ticket is already registered, you will receive a hit message stating where the ticket was previously entered, how far away this place is and how long it took to cover the distance covered. Similar to the USA, some people stamp the bills they have entered in order to ask others to enter the bill as well ( visit www.whereswilly.com ). If the user so desires, he can be informed about a later hit of the notes entered by him by SMS and / or by e-mail.
In April 2012, Where's Willy? recorded a total of 3.8 million bills valued at more than $ 58 million.