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Mutilated paper money is routinely shredded and incinerated

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When cash gets too gross, torn, or downright limp to function, it is violently retired. Central authorities collect the most ragged notes, slice them into confetti, and routinely burn them to absolute ash or compress them into weird little souvenirs. It is the grim, fiery end for billions of pieces of paper that once represented someone's hopes and dreams.

Mutilated paper money is routinely shredded and incinerated
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