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- From: phaedrus@halcyon.com (Mark Phaedrus)
- Subject: Re: Legal Tender?? A different Twist
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.033526.11110@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- References: <43987@fibercom.COM> <1992Dec28.193926.8002@almserv.uucp>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 03:35:26 GMT
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- Rhonda Gaines (rrg@rtp.fibercom.com) wrote:
- > How much of a dollar bill ($20 bill to be exact) do you have to have
- > before it's spendable? My husband found 3/4 of a $20 bill and
- > figured that it's probably unspendable but I thought I'd pose the
- > question anyway. Replies to rrg@fibercom.com
-
- When I ran into a similar situation, my bank told me that the Federal
- Reserve uses a "rule of thirds". If more than two-thirds of a bill is
- clearly present, the bank can return it to the Federal Reserve for full
- value. If more than one-third, but less than two-thirds, of the bill is
- clearly present, the Fed will give half face value for it. If only one-
- third or less of the bill is present, it is worthless.
- So your 3/4 of the $20 bill should indeed be worth $20, less any service
- charge the bank charges for exchanging it.
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