man to be reimbursed for money that mice chewed

[Amby 490]

JACKSON, Mo.—A bunch of mice turn out to be no match for the U.S. Mint.

A southeast Missouri man is expected to be reimbursed for about $1,000 in bills that had been munched on by rodents.

He had left the $20 bills in an unzipped vinyl bag on a desk at his home, and it was misplaced during the ice storm last winter and the flooding in March.

He eventually found the bag, and in August took it to First Missouri State Bank in Jackson in hopes of covering his losses.

Bank manager Michelle Johns said Wednesday she and two staffers picked through rodent droppings and bird feathers and reassembled the bills.

"With that mess, I didn't know if we could do anything with it," Johns said.

The U.S. Mint advised Johns that both sets of serial numbers printed on the bills must be complete to get reimbursement.

Johns said mint officials instructed her to send the reassembled bills—and the feces and feathers—to them in Washington, D.C.

The mint will then issue the customer a check for the exact amount the torn money is worth.

http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j1657444819&w=587168

[Sister Fracas 5]

ewww,

glad I don't work at the Mint

[Otto 83]

They will go to great lengths to recover currency...

The Department of the Treasury, 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.

The Office of Financial Management/Mutilated Currency Division, located in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, uses experts to examine mutilated currency and will approve the issuance of a Treasury check for the value of the currency determined to be redeemable.

[source] http://www.moneyfactory.gov/section.cfm/8

[jundp 191]

It's true. I worked in a bank between high school and college. If at least one full serial number was intact we had to take the bill and replace it for the customer.

[Laura+Tom 2]

A few years ago some kids found a bin bag full of torn up british notes. They were told if they could assemble them it would be exchanged for whole notes. I think they are still asembling them.

[akdiver 3]

They should deduct the cost of determining the authenticity and amount of the money.

I bet it cost a good deal.

[Peikko 1,575]

Ever the killjoy Mr Diver

[peejay 327]

A US dollar is basically a share in the USA. It's nothing more than a stock certificate in the USA and has nothing but the faith in the USA to back it up. Just like a stock certificate, it can be traced with the serial number. If the USA goes bankrupt, the greenback is nothing more than Confederate money. A totally worthless piece of paper. The USA actually honors all currency it has ever printed at the face value of the note.

Try cashing in old Soviet notes. If you didn't do it after the collapse of the Soviet Union you have nothing but wallpaper or a collector's item. The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore. The joke is on you.

The lesson. When you buy an alarm clock with your money, you have an alarm clock. If you stash your cash under the matress and the country goes belly up, you have a mattress full of wallpaper. Which one will do you the most good?

[Peikko 1,575]

I wouldn't want an alarm clock or wall paper

[mawilson 2,133]

The lesson. When you buy an alarm clock with your money, you have an alarm clock. If you stash your cash under the matress and the country goes belly up, you have a mattress full of wallpaper. Which one will do you the most good?

The mattress? If the country goes belly up, I'll have no need for an alarm clock.