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This Is Where Old Money Goes To After Leaving Circulation
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9/16/2024
The United States Treasury says they redeem more than $30 million worth of damaged cash every year. Here’s what happens to all that money.
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You've probably come across ripped or damaged bills in your wallet at some point.
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But have you ever thought about what happens when that old money needs to be replaced?
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Banks will give the Federal Reserve unfit currency and they'll take it out of circulation.
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The old money is brought to cash offices across the U.S. where it's counted and sorted.
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And then it's taken to the shredders to be destroyed.
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The U.S. Treasury says they redeem more than $30 million worth of damaged cash yearly.
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The Fed then replaces the old money with new cash, recirculating it into banks and
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ATMs.
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Yahoo Finance reports the luxe confetti used to go to the landfill, but now 90% is recycled,
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either to make compost, potting soil, home insulation, or cement.
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The Fed says currency's unfit for use when it has holes about the size of an aspirin,
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or is torn, dirty, or worn, or was produced before 1996.
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What do you do if you've got a bill that's on the verge of destruction?
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If at least half the bill is intact, you can take it to the bank and exchange it.
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