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[–] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

To expand on Testfactors statement, the banks help remove damaged currency but there’s no real plan to reclaim currency that’s already been circulated. It’s always been that way and creates scarcity in the collectors market over time. I’m not sure why this is a headline.

The only time I can think of where the US Mint had a plan to reclaim currency was during WWII when the US war machine needed the copper found in the Lincoln cent. The mint pressed steel pennies and banks were instructed to reclaim as many copper pennies as they could.

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