Stick Currency Permit For Free

Straps. A machine collates "straps," as stacks of 100 $100 bills are known.

You can use your cash as is if a corner is missing. If it's ripped into two pieces, tape them back together and take the bill to a bank, where they will make sure the serial numbers on both sides of the note match and give you a new one.

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.

Mix about 1 drop of water with about 5 drops of glue, the glue should be about the consistency of condensed milk. The reason for thinning it with water is so that the glue gets absorbed properly by the currency note, this also makes the glue layer thin and almost unnoticeable in normal use.

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.

If you have damaged or mutilated currency, or need currency replaced, contact the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. If you have currency you suspect is counterfeit, contact your local Secret Service Field Office. For questions about coins, please contact the U.S. Mint.

If a store rejects your taped together bill, give them one that isn't taped, or take your business elsewhere. Banks, however, generally do have to take it, if they can verify that it is still legal tender. These usually means that both serial numbers need to be legible and identical.

A strap is a package of 100 notes. All straps must contain 100 notes of the same denomination and must have only one band around them. Include only U.S. currency.

Do no worry, take the note(s) and go to any bank branch. They will exchange the notes and give you fresh currency notes. However the value of the exchange depends upon the condition of the torn, damaged, etc currency notes.

Yes, you can easily fix a ripped money by using glue and an iron. It will take only 5 minutes and you can repair your mutilated paper currency note.