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In the UK, bank notes are different sizes depending on their value. So that goes a long way towards stopping that kind of thing.
by MartinMcGirk 8y ago
In the UK, bank notes are different sizes depending on their value. So that goes a long way towards stopping that kind of thing.
- amelius 8y agoIsn't it true that if a banknote is torn in two, you can go to the bank and have it replaced?
- asdsa5325 8y agoThat's true in America too. (You have to have both halves in your possession, of course).
- JoshTriplett 8y agoAnecdotally, you can do so without both halves, as long as the piece you have is clearly the majority of the bill. I don't know either the relevant law or common institutional policies regarding that, though.
- extra88 8y agoBanks might accept such more-than-half bills as a courtesy to their customers but ultimately it's the US Treasury that will take them and redeem them. If you have a bunch of partially destroyed notes, you should go to them. http://bep.gov/services/currencyredemption.html http://bep.gov/services/currencyredemption.html https://www.npr.org/2017/07/07/535920428/the-office-where-mutilated-money-gets-repaired https://www.npr.org/2017/07/07/535920428/the-office-where-mu...
- gruez 8y agothat's nowhere near as scaleable as "regular" notes that you can spend at any store without question.
- nallerooth 8y agoAbout ten years ago, when I was working at Loomis, we accepted damaged banknotes as long as you had two thirds of the banknote.