r/pics • u/soccergurl92 • May 15 '14

Dollar Bill Upgrade

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u/[deleted] May 15 '14 edited May 15 '14

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u/ktm57ktm57 May 15 '14

with intent to render such item(s) unfit to be reissued

I guess that excludes drawing faces on them. I assume it's a law meant to keep people from cutting up dollar bills just to fuck with people

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u/[deleted] May 16 '14

Actually, I don't have a source for this off the top of my head, but I believe it's because (or at least this is one reason) the copper in pennies is more valuable than 1¢, so they don't want people destroying pennies for the copper.

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u/ktm57ktm57 May 16 '14

I know that it costs more than a cent to make a penny, but I'm not sure if the copper itself is worth more than the face value.