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>Whereas losses of USD due to things like setting bills on fire or losing them in a lake amount to a miniscule portion of total USD outstanding. The Bureau of
by aestra 13y ago
>Whereas losses of USD due to things like setting bills on fire or losing them in a lake amount to a miniscule portion of total USD outstanding.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing redeems partially destroyed or badly damaged currency as a free public service.
Every year the U.S. Treasury handles approximately 30,000 claims and redeems mutilated currency valued at over $30 million.
http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency/damagedcurrency.html http://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrency/damagedcurrency.html