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Many stores and merchants will not take torn or drawn-on bills, and even vending machines struggle to take heavily wrinkled ones. The good news is that even if a bill is torn in half, you can tape them together and exchange them at a Federal Reserve bank for fresh notes, as long as the serial numbers match.

A defective, mutilated or soiled bank note which is slightly cut or stained or of which the essential portions are missing, or notes in the denomination of Rs 10 and above in two pieces can be exchanged without filling any form at any public sector bank (PSB) branch, any currency chest branch of a private sector bank ...

Torn or ripped banknotes Generally, payment for an incomplete banknote is proportional to the part of the banknote remaining. In this way, the combined value paid for all the pieces, were they to be presented, would be the face value of the original banknote.

It is unlawful to mutilate, cut, deface, disfigure, perforate, or otherwise damage drafts, notes, or other evidence of debt that has been issued by a national banking association with the intent to render the bill, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued.

A separate section of Title 18 makes it illegal to "debase" coins minted by the U.S. government, meaning to shave some of the metal off and make the money less valuable. That crime is punishable by fines and up to 10 years in prison.

It is, in fact, illegal to deface money, and in this case US dollars to the point that it becomes unusable. As quoted from the Secret Service official website: ?Defacement of currency is a violation of Title 18, Section 333 of the United States Code.

Finding a couple of dollars on the ground can be exciting, but realizing that the bills are damaged can immediately ruin the mood. While it is illegal to deface or destroy US currency, accidents do happen, and money is occasionally damaged by natural means.

Laws that criminalize currency degradation and devaluation have their roots in the federal government`s use of precious metals to mint coins. It was known that criminals classified or cut parts of these coins and kept the splinters to themselves while issuing the modified currency.