What Can I Do With Half A 20 Dollar Bill

When a bill is torn mutilated or otherwise damaged it should be taken to a bank for redemption.

While you could literally burn the dollar bill a better way to burn it is with a mixture of water and rubbing alcohol. Fold a 20 bill in half so that you see the top half of the reverse side. According to the united states secret service more than half of a torn or damaged dollar bill must be intact for it to still be considered legal tender. If you have only a partial serial number sorry charlie you re out.

Here are twenty things i like to do with a found 20 bill. 20 dollar bill contains hidden pictures of the world trade center and pentagon attacks. When it comes to mutilated money not just torn or missing but severely damaged most banks treasuries will require at least 50 of the bill intact and a good reason for the bills condition. But you have to have 51 of the bill or more and if you have the other 49 or less it s useless you can t get two bills for two halves.

I have to say i m stymied trying to answer this for myself using the net. Doing this will make the dollar bill appear to be burning but in the end the. As long as the serial numbers on the two halves match the bank can replace it. Bill must have at least 1 and one half of the 2 serial numbers to still be considered legal tender.

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If you have enough to show one of the two serial numbers of the note you can get a 50 replacement. So more than 1 4 of the bill missing on one side will make it no longer viable. If i can turn that 20 bill into something that lasts something that stretches out into even more savings and perhaps some saved headaches down the road then i m really happy with that 20 bill. You can see it s missing about 20 of its width.

Today i find that i m usually much happier if i find something useful to do with it. I can t find any canadian government bank guidelines and the only reference i have is a 15 year old memory of a street cents episode that seemed to indicate that banks will exchange torn currency for a percentage value based on remaining surface area. Was this person pulling our leg or were they serious. Even if you only have half of it the bank should still replace it.