The Federal Reserve Bank will then store the damaged bills for destruction. When enough old bills have been collected, the Federal Reserve Banks will shred them. If you take a tour of a Federal Reserve Bank, you can sometimes take home your very own unique souvenir: a bag of shredded paper money! And since passing counterfeit bills is illegal, you might have to answer to authorities. Under federal law, the use or attempted use of counterfeit currency is illegal if the person has the intent to defraud the recipient.
A conviction for the offense carries up to 20 years in prison and a fine. Will my bank replace fake money? Banks can, at their discretion, replace fake money received by their customers, but they are unlikely to do so. It makes little difference where the counterfeit came from — a store, an individual, or an ATM. Anyone caught passing fake money, even if they are not responsible for making it, will be charged for going against the laws of counterfeiting.
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Some recommend using PVC piping to keep dirt away from the cash if you bury money. Or some people hide their cash in the attic or a wall, forget about it and then see piles of cash destroyed by termites or furry critters. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing's website says mutilated currency may be mailed or personally delivered to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.
How long it can take to get that money replaced varies based on the extent of the damage and the overall workload. Standard claims can take six to 36 months to process. But there are cases where less can be exchanged if the Treasury is satisfied that the missing pieces have been totally destroyed. About 20, to 30, individuals send money each year to the bureau to get mutilated currency replaced. I waited a few months after the dog chowed down on the cash because I was not sure what to do.
Yes, I did take a dog shaming picture with that cash for fun. I'd guess that my cash might be called a category one in terms of damage.
It didn't take more than 30 minutes or so to tape together. Some money that the engraving bureau has to piece together looks far worse.
So, I went to my bank branch, pulled a plastic bag out of my purse and mumbled to the teller: "My dog ate my twenties. But the teller exchanged my twenties for complete bills.
A co-worker next to him only told my teller to make sure that the serial numbers were intact, which they were. This story of the boy, his dog and torn twenties clearly had one of those happy Hollywood endings.
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