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Contaminated currency such as banknotes might serve as a fomite. A $1 bill that has been stained as a result of black coffee being spilled on it. Due to the absorbency of the materials that make up dollar bills, they can be stained and contaminated by substances in the environment.
Replacement of mutilated currency is a free public service provided by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. [1] In general, mutilated U.S. paper currency can be submitted for evaluation. [ 2 ] If it is determined that at least half of a bill is present, the BEP will redeem its face value.
The Mutilated Coin Redemption Program is a program of the United States Mint that allows holders of damaged United States coins to exchange them for usable money.. Some clients redeem large quantities (tons) of coins that are recovered from scrapping, vehicle recycling, and car shredding operations overseas.
The article quotes the abstract of the article "Drug Contamination of US Paper Currency" to the effect that "Results showed that 92% of the bills were positive for cocaine with a mean amount of 28.75 ± 139.07 ug per bill, a median of 1.37 ug per bill, and a range of 0.01 - 922.72 ug per bill."
Currency in circulation; Classical Monetary System of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; Coin; Coins as votive offering; Commodity currency; Contaminated currency; Currency analytics; Currency appreciation and depreciation; Currency basket; Currency intervention; Currency manipulator; Currency money; Currency packaging
Vertical currency is a type of currency in which the orientation has been changed from the conventional horizontal orientation to a vertical orientation. Dowling Duncan, a self-touted multidisciplinary design studio, conducted a study in which they determined people tend to handle and deal with money vertically rather than horizontally ...
States that ratify the Convention agree to criminalize the creation, use, and exportation or importation of counterfeit currency. Under the agreement, no distinction is to be made as to what currency is the subject of the crime. Under the treaty, currency counterfeiting is an extraditable offense. States also agree to establish a central office ...
The original reason for leper colony money was the prevention of leprosy in healthy persons. In 1938, Dr. Gordon Alexander Ryrie in Malaysia proved that the paper money was not contaminated with leprosy bacteria, and all the leper colony banknotes were burned in that country. [2] [3]