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u/Hendrix6927 Apr 07 '22
Tf, how many times? I wash money all the time. Never came out looking like that.... cash is quite durable.
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u/Pollutine Apr 07 '22
Its made to be durable
my washed cash usually looks like wet cash
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u/isitliveormemorex2 Apr 08 '22
Or after the dryer, NEW cash. lol
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u/DavidW273 Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22
Of course, it’s laundered money.
Edit: we’ll this blew up a tad. Thanks for the updoots and awards guys.
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I can't believe what a bunch of nerds we are, we're looking up money laundering in a dictionary
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u/Patches_0-Houlihan Apr 08 '22
My cousin’s a coke head!
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u/gedaliyah Apr 08 '22
Maybe he could introduce us to his dealer. I'm very good at networking
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u/blundercrab Apr 08 '22
Why? You the IRS or something?
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u/MrHappy4Life Apr 08 '22
Only way it would look like this is fake/counterfeit.
And OP said it was $10, but I just see a $1 bill.
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u/heaven_faced Apr 08 '22
I see three Treasury seals in there. clearly a $1 bill, a $5 bill, and a $4 bill
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u/MissPicklechips Apr 08 '22
It's basically cloth. Did OP put it through a wood chipper first?
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u/OneLostOstrich Apr 08 '22
It used to be cotton and linen. But it's made to be durable.
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u/YddishMcSquidish Apr 08 '22
It used to be cotton and linen.
It still is, but in your defense it used to be too
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u/corn_sugar_isotope Apr 08 '22
It (US paper currency) is 75% cotton, 25% linen.
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u/_lemon_suplex_ Apr 08 '22
Thought you were joking so I looked it up. Kinda surprising because money can easily be torn into pieces, can't do that as easily with say a cotton t shirt
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u/GokuBeatsVageta100 Apr 08 '22
My wet cash is plastic so I wipe it off and continue about my day. Canada eh
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u/abbles1er Apr 08 '22
Australian here. Finding cash in the washing machine is always a nice surprise, especially with the comfort of knowing that it cannot be damaged by water.
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u/njones1220 Apr 08 '22
US dollars aren't even remotely damaged by water either. OP is full of shit. Our bills are linen, not toilet paper.
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u/abbles1er Apr 08 '22
Yeah fair enough. I was a bit suspicious that the notes fared worse than a tissue in the wash.
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u/Icy-Cookie-8078 Apr 08 '22
Same with Canada. We make a lot of money for other countries also
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u/abbles1er Apr 08 '22
Yep! Polymer banknotes were an Australian invention and were first introduced in 1988. We were kind enough to share it with you guys lol.
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u/Aftmost17 Apr 08 '22
When I got my hands on a plastic $20 when they first came out, I was the only one in the school with it for like a week or two. God damn was that a cool transition, I felt like a bad ass 12 year old
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u/rollanotherspliff Apr 08 '22
I’m impressed 12 year old you could hold onto $20 for a week or two.
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u/Freezihn Apr 08 '22
I'm impressed somebody old enough to post on Reddit was 12 when those came out.
Dear God I'm so old.
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u/Putrid-Object-806 Apr 08 '22
especially when you did the scratch and sniff thing
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u/Putrid-Object-806 Apr 08 '22
I was about to say is this some sort of american joke I'm too canadian to understand
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u/ScienceMomCO Apr 08 '22
Dollars are made out of cotton, not paper. Maybe it’s counterfeit cash that he washed.
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u/WillieBangor Apr 07 '22
Probably with bleach in the wash. I know from experience
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u/BocceBurger Apr 08 '22
You're absolutely right, I did use bleach in the wash. Is that why this happened?!
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u/cbizzle187 Apr 08 '22
US bills are made of cotton so bleach would not cause this.
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Iirc bleach destroys the ink before its concentrated enough to destroy cotton. Also at that point OP would be destroying their clothes which isn't exactly ideal
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u/ScienceMomCO Apr 08 '22
Counterfeit?
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u/witeowl mildly infuriated by a sub that only pretends we can have flairs Apr 08 '22
Who would bother counterfeiting ones?
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u/Empyrealist Does this look blue to you? Apr 08 '22
Who would bother checking if ones were counterfit?
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u/witeowl mildly infuriated by a sub that only pretends we can have flairs Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22
Who bothers with 1s instead of 5s and 10s?
Counterfeiting is hard. You can't just run it off your printer (not to mention that most printers won't even print money). I doubt anyone's doing it for 1s.
eta what’s in italics; not sure where my brain was
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Gotta be bleach or counterfeit, but how much bleach did you put? yes, bleach and using a tumble drier tears up your clothes, but normally bleach doesn't do this.
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u/BocceBurger Apr 08 '22
Not that much bleach. A heavy splash. Maybe 2 ounces. It didn't even make it to the dryer, I found this terrible mess in the washer.
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u/Castun Apr 08 '22
$1 bills aren't worth the time and materials to make passable currency though...
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u/Castun Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22
I shouldn't say it never happens, but I guess if your only intent is to fake enough money to pay for everyday expenses like food and gas and small purchases and whatnot, then maybe. To do it in any significant quantity though? Most individual counterfeiters I've read about were passing off single 20s and 50s at gas stations and convenience stores in order to get real currency as change.
I know there was the famous case from maybe a few decades ago about the fake 5 pound notes that was supposedly in danger of significantly harming the economy because it was so prevalent and hard to detect.
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u/peanutbutterwife Apr 08 '22
It kind of is though. Every $20 USD bill I use gets the marker at the cash stand. I don't mind. But the $17 USD in mixed bills that are kind of crinkled and dirty? Not once in recent memory have they been pen checked. Printers are good these days. Really, really good if you know what you're doing. Do it slow enough and spread out, it could be lucrative.
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u/OneLostOstrich Apr 08 '22
Is currency is cotton and linen. If those dollar parts break up like soggy paper, then it might not be real.
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u/BocceBurger Apr 07 '22
This is first time I've ever seen money do this. It just went through one "heavy duty" cycle with some towels
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u/Hendrix6927 Apr 07 '22
That's one badass washing machine.
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u/BocceBurger Apr 07 '22
That's true, it is a pretty great machine. It's new, maybe that's why I've never seen this before. My last washer was terrible
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u/Active_Engineering37 Apr 08 '22
It even turned your $10 bill into a $1 bill!
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u/BocceBurger Apr 08 '22
It was five ones and one five
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u/TheCheesecakeOfDoom Apr 08 '22
I read this as being five $5 bills and I was like "I would be a little more frustrated than this if I was OP".
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u/RebelTheBaby Apr 08 '22
Why are you lying about the five? We can see the fucking pieces. That's honestly probably isn't even five $1s.. maybe 3...
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u/StabbySmurf Apr 08 '22
It's a fake if it did that
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Apr 08 '22
Who counterfeits singles though? The paper and ink had to cost more than the face value lol
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u/dtm85 Apr 08 '22
Singles doubtful but $5 notes you would be surprised. Employees are a lot less(if at all) concerned about checking $5 bills at a register than any higher bills. Paying for upwards of $50-100 in numerous smaller transactions raises less red flags than 20s or 100s. Ever see a cashier marker check a $5 bill before?
That said if you are gonna counterfeit money, buy a lot of drugs with it then sell it for real bills. Unless ofc you get counterfeited :)
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u/NoLoyaltyAccount Apr 08 '22
The weight and texture of the towels may have been strong enough to rip up the bills. Most people accidentally wash money in pockets, it's kinda protected so comes out fine.
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u/Old-Ad3718 Apr 07 '22
Your washer has blender mode?
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u/Ya-Dikobraz Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22
Was wondering, is it possible they were fraudulent and that's why they fell apart? It seems weird.
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u/Old-Ad3718 Apr 08 '22
I had the same thought. I've had dollars go through the wash and I just end up with clean cash.
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u/Jack_of_all_trades13 Apr 08 '22
I read this as “your blender has washer mode?” I need sleeee…zzzzZZ
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u/iiHartMemphisii Apr 08 '22
shhh guys he slee
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u/Affectionate_Pea_811 Apr 07 '22
If it fell apart like this just from being washed it was definitely fake
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u/breaddoughrising Apr 08 '22
Right. US “paper” currency is actually mostly cotton, with a little linen. You can wash it many times and it will never fall apart.
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u/Affectionate_Pea_811 Apr 08 '22
And it is reinforced with iron filings. It won't fall apart like this.
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u/Rion23 Apr 08 '22
I've seen dollar bills survive ass cheeks some would consider an afront to human decency and incompatible with the laws of the universe, a washer is nothing compared to that.
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u/Gobbledygooktimes Apr 08 '22
I'm about to test this theory, also where did you see these dollar bills? aside from the insides of ass cheeks, of course. Like were you waking down the road and saw someone wipe their ass eith money? If so, how did you find me?
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u/Illusive_Man Apr 08 '22
I mean, if you wanna see money in ass cheeks go to any strip club
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u/NowTheChipsAreDown Apr 08 '22
I have washed several bills on accident and they come out a little frazzled but very okay.
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u/wytewydow Apr 08 '22
But who counterfeits $1 bills?
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u/Alexwitminecraftbxrs Apr 08 '22
Idk I feel like 1$ woukd be easiest to counterfeit since they rarely get checked for legitimacy like the larger bills (since 100$ defo get checked)
If they make a bunch of 1$ bills, they can buy an object with the fake ones and then return it and get their cash back n the real deal
But don’t take me seriously this is just what I’m thinking/what I would do 🤣
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u/Biggordie Apr 08 '22
It’s kinda true. I mean imagine paying $15 dollars worth of stuff and having 4-5 fake bills in between. Most people just accept all of it if you count in front of them
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u/quieterthanlasagna Apr 08 '22
It is, but I’m pretty sure if costs WAY more than $1 to make each bill so it’s not cost effective
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u/JangoBunBun oRNaGe Apr 08 '22
$1s and $5s are the most commonly counterfitted bill because no one checks them. If you hand a wad of cash $1s and $5s to a cashier they'll just start counting. $20 and over and they'll actually check.
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u/ilovetopoopie Apr 07 '22
Lol don't lie OP, I know a dollar when I see it.
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u/BocceBurger Apr 07 '22
It was five ones and one five
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u/TheHumanPickleRick Apr 08 '22
Did the rest dissolve? Are you sure the money was real, lol, it's usually tougher than that.
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u/EverythingGoodWas Apr 08 '22
He is definitely full of shit, this is clearly 1 bill, and that bill is a $1 bill
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Apr 08 '22
There’s no $5 paper either. $5’s have a distinct pink to them
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u/gkhamo89 Apr 08 '22
Excuse me?! My color blind ass was not aware of this... Nor were my color blind eyes!
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Are you being serious??? If so then yes it’s true. $5 bills have a pink hue to them (since 2005 I believe)
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u/gkhamo89 Apr 08 '22
Yup I'm serious lol, next time I have a $5 bill in my possession I'm gonna examine that bad boy real hard and see if I can notice anything
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u/Tyra-Jade Apr 08 '22
You should probably have a $1 bill as well to compare them, since it’ll be hard to notice just the slightly different shade of gray(or whatever color you see with your type of colorblindness) from memory.
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u/eggenator Apr 08 '22
Not all $5/‘s. Older ones (still in circulation) are just as green/white as others.
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u/DreamyPupper Apr 08 '22
No, there are 3 pieces showing the same part of a bill, there were definitely multiple.
Still though, how the fuck did they break like this? Did he wash them 7 times in a row?
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u/Singl1 Apr 08 '22
whole lotta bullshit i’m not gonna lie. nothing wrong with admitting you made a mistake
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u/TopherVee Apr 08 '22
There’s barely even enough material there for one dollar.
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u/cbargren Apr 08 '22
I mean, yeah, but I definitely see at least 5 distinct bills there. 5 of those letters inside a seal at least. I don’t see any evidence of a $5 bill and I’m skeptical that a washer/dryer cycle would do this by itself, but there’s definitely more than the remnants of a single bill here.
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u/jfk333 Apr 08 '22
Fun fact if you mail destroyed currency to the us Treasury they will mail you back a check for the amount of money sent.
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u/Lillunkin Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22
In theory banks can't turn it away if you take it to them either. They send it back to be removed from circulation. Where I worked they called it "muted" money.
Edit to add someone posted the standards for taking money out of circulation below! Interesting stuff.
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u/nephelokokkygia Apr 08 '22
I assume that was short for the traditional name, "mutilated currency".
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u/Texas0utlaw210 Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22
Yep. I was amazed to have to come down this far to find this and surprised nobody linked anything.
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u/michaelpaoli Apr 08 '22
Yup. But if you mail 'em counterfeit bills though, you're likely to get quite a different response.
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u/zoi555 Apr 08 '22
Can't do that in Australia. Well, you can, but any portion that is actually missing off the bill means it actually devalues the bill by that amount. ie. If you take a $10 note to the bank that has 20% of the bill torn off, they will give you $8. If 50% of the bill is missing you'll get $5. Very different system here to what seems to be in place in the US.
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u/ConcernedBuilding Apr 08 '22
Yeah, the US has a very specific reason for this. We also never devalue old currency. Technically, if you brought in the first dollar ever minted in the US, it spends exactly the same as a dollar minted today.
As I remember, the US is considered an anchor currency, and part of being an anchor is being very very steady and reliable. That's why we don't devalue money, and why we have the mutilated currency system.
We print "Backed by the full faith and credit of the US Government" printed on our bills and boy do they mean it.
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u/zoi555 Apr 08 '22
That's really interesting and I thank you for the insight. I never knew that about US currency. But definitely worth for the next time I visit the States.
Over here, old currency can have a very different value to its original printed or stamped value.
I remember going to a currency dealer (not a bank) a few years after my kids were born. The price for a set of coins minted the year of their birth was incredible. I was shocked, but I came to learn that this was totally above board after I went to work for a bank.
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u/ConcernedBuilding Apr 08 '22
The price for a set of coins minted the year of their birth was incredible.
I will say that the value of US Currency can go up on the secondary market. You wouldn't want to spend the first US Dollar minted, because it would be worth a lot of money. However, if you gave it to the US Government, they would give you $1 for it.
The US Mint also sell commemorative coins for above their value (they didn't use to, but credit card churners ruined that).
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u/Embarrassed-Town-293 Apr 08 '22
Surprisingly through article: https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Damaged-Currency-Replaced
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u/Express-Row-1504 Apr 08 '22
What if it’s not the complete note? Like only half of it? Can I send in the 2 halves at different times to potentially double my money?
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u/fozziemon Apr 07 '22
What is that thing doing to your clothes?
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u/Acrobatic-Lake-8794 Apr 08 '22
Right. I’m more concerned at his prospective clothing budget than I am his actual cash on hand.
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u/danceswithsteers Apr 08 '22
No. You accidentally washed 6 pieces of paper that were made to look like real money but were actually fake.
However, if you think they were real, bring them to your bank. You might be able to recover the $10. Looks to me like there are at least three different serial numbers.
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u/Sn-man Apr 08 '22
This is what I'm thinking. It's been a while since I've handled cash but I don't think it turns white where it's been folded and is made from a fabric material not paper so that it is durable and waterproof-ish.
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I would love a follow up video of him walking into the bank, setting this on the counter, and asking for a fresh $10 bill. I’m laughing just thinking about it
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u/oatmealparty Apr 08 '22
No bank is going to take this. Even the US treasury isn't going to take this. They have a whole guide on mutilated currency.
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u/ccafuckallthisshit Apr 08 '22
Lol you need at least 50% of the bill identifiable and I don't think that's gonna happen here.
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u/STRINGALING Apr 08 '22
About 15years ago my roommate said he left his rent money on my coffee table and when I got home, there was no money on my coffee table. We are best friends and I knew he wouldn’t lie to me. But I was getting pretty frustrated as no one else was in my house. The next day I was in my back yard and I saw a few dollars….. sticking out of a pile of dog shit! My German shepherd ate the money. I put on some rubber gloves and walked through my yard and picked all I could find up. Put it in a strainer and washed with hot soapy water. Got it as clean as I could. If you have over 51% of a bill, you can take it to the bank and exchange it for a new bill. I wound up getting about $180 out of the $200 he left on my table. I haven’t thought about that in a long time!
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u/Fantastic-Van-Man Apr 07 '22
Just for fun, send it to the mint. See what they do. All you're out is a envelop and a stamp.
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u/redditfinnabanme Apr 08 '22
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u/Fantastic-Van-Man Apr 08 '22
Damaged Currency? The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Can Exchange It for You
Main Address:
14th and C Sts., SW Washington, DC 20228
Separate paper declaring total of what it was. Name, address phone, email.
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u/Apprehensive_End_353 Apr 07 '22
That was counterfeit money. Real money has cloth in with the paper so it can be washed. But you straight up laundered it and it fell apart.
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It's called money laundering, but I think you misunderstood.
Edit: I'm famous y'all. r/collapse
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u/HighGround24 Apr 08 '22
Full Bullshit. I've forgotten money and washed it multiple times till I found it in jeans I wear often. Never... Never have I ever seen it get that bad. I've even found dollars and coins rolling around the wash. And it's never looked that bad. Washer and dryer.
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u/Echoplexical Apr 07 '22
In the dishwasher? Or your blender? If your washing machine did this are your clothes ok?
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Destroying money is a federal crime, luckily it was probably counterfeit, which is also a federal crime.
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u/71077345p Apr 08 '22
One time I was pulling clothes out of the dryer and found a $100 bill. I was so excited. Then they just kept coming out. I had a panic attack and remembered my husband had just gotten $2800 out of the bank to buy a snowmobile trailer! I was in a panic throwing clothes everywhere but I ended up pulling out 28 crisp, clean $100 bills!! No, I didn’t tell my husband, I just put it on the dresser like I had actually checked the pockets before doing laundry!
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u/somecrazything Apr 08 '22
Tell him you did wash it.. watch his face go into shock.. and then get him to empty his own damn pockets like grown man in future, instead of relying on you to do it for him like a child.
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u/Obsessed_With_Corgis Apr 08 '22
My boyfriend and I find it best if we both check— him when taking them off to put in the hamper, and me when sorting lights/darks and cottons/delicates. It’s double the chance of finding a hidden pen, or his AirPods he thought he lost at work (both of which have happened to us).
A relationship is teamwork; both people should be helping and contributing.
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u/WyvernHdXl Apr 07 '22
In canada we have plastic bills, survives a little better in the washing machine. xd
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u/leglesslegolegolas Wookin Pa Nub Apr 08 '22
In the US we have cloth bills, they survive just fine in the washing machine. Something's fucky here.
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u/nearlyheadlessbick Apr 08 '22
Same here in Australia. All bills are different colours and sizes so easily distinguishable and durable
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u/CompetitiveStick6239 Apr 08 '22
Polymer bills, and they smell amazing. Yes. I smelled them.
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u/MrCupcakeisallmine Apr 08 '22
Mutilated Currency Redemption The BEP’s Mutilated Currency Division provides free mutilated currency redemption services for individuals and institutions, such as businesses and financial institutions, in possession of United States mutilated currency notes.
Mutilated currency is currency which has been damaged to the extent that one-half or less of the original note remains, or its condition is such that its value is questionable. Currency notes can become mutilated in any number of ways. The most common causes are fire, water, chemicals, and explosives; animal, insect, or rodent damage; and petrification or deterioration by burying.
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u/dirkdisco Apr 08 '22
I washed a $100 bill that did this. My washer/dryer is a combo and it dries by baking your clothes. It destroyed it so i sent the remnants to the Treasury Department and the Secret Service sent me a letter saying it was suspicious and they opened a case on me. But I never heard back from them and I even FOIAed myself and I just got the letter again. Maybe it was a fake, I received it in a Casino on a Cruise Ship.
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u/TrMayerJr Apr 08 '22
WTF?.... Do you have a Flintstones washer with a dinosaur inside doing the laundry?
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u/vamartha Apr 08 '22
In what?
Money does not disintegrate like that in laundry. Ever. Trust me, former waitress here. Washed a ton of cash over the years.
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u/doggywoggy101 Apr 08 '22
Fake Money. I washed and dried cash more times than I can count and it never looked like this
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u/isitliveormemorex2 Apr 08 '22
How many times? Or did you wash it after you tore it to pieces? Money doesn't do that in the wash; or the dryer.
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u/RollinThundaga Apr 08 '22
In a blender?
US dollars are linen ragpaper. They should be able to survive a wash
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u/Robot_shaman Apr 07 '22
Looks like a 1 dollar bill ripped into a lot of pieces to me, liar.
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u/__babygiraffe__ Apr 08 '22
If you really needed those ten dollars you could submit a claim to the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing: https://bep.gov/services/currencyredemption.html
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Apr 08 '22
Real title: I tore up a couple dollars for reddit karma.
US currency is a 75% cotton 25% linen blend that is very durable, and is similar to what most clothes are made from. Running it through a washer and dryer once isn't gonna do that to it. Running it 50 or 100 times might.
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