James Kane has used a magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but he says the stacks of $100 bills he pulled from a safe were something else entirely.
  • reddig33@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Not the kind of thing you want to go around telling the press(or anyone else) that you found.

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The US Bureau of Engraving & Printing has a mutilated currency redemption program for just this sort of thing.

    https://www.bep.gov/services/mutilated-currency-redemption

    Lawful holders of mutilated currency may receive a redemption at full value when:

    1. Clearly more than 50% of a note identifiable as United States currency is present, along with sufficient remnants of any relevant security feature; or
    2. 50% or less of a note identifiable as United States currency is present and the method of mutilation and supporting evidence demonstrate to the satisfaction of the BEP that the missing portions have been totally destroyed.
  • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    And if he takes them into any sort of bank, they’ll take one look at the outdated currency and call the Secret Service.

    Edit: oops, missed the part saying the bills were of “recent vintage”