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It is possible that by defacing an FRN you simply made it worthless, with you as the loser.
By statute, FRNs are legal tender, they are not promissory notes and they lack some of the requisites of promissory notes.
I don't see where you got the 40K number, but I would think that any marking on official currency that makes it appear to be worth more than its intended and official value would definitely be unhelpful in a number of ways, including the possibility of criminal prosecution under the counterfeiting laws.
In any case, I cannot imagine how you can, by writing on a dollar bill, compel the govt or anyone else to treat it as having a higher value.
About five years ago there was an effort by a gay pressure group to get more visibility by rubberstamping on whatever dollar bills they handled a line saying "This is a GAY dollar" or something similat to show that gays buy stuff and participate in the marketplace. Most people handled these bills like any others, but some refused to accept them - it may have been hostility to gays, fear of AIDS contagion, or worry that the rubberstamp somehow affected the validity of the bills. And probably many of the people who accepted the marked bills made an effort not to hang onto them any longer than absolutely necessary. Don't be surprised if your marking of FRNs has similar ragged results.
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