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Red stained banknotes
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Post Offices and bansks used to have notices about these.
Occasionally I get offered ones in change in supermarkets etc with a trace of scarlet ink on one edge.
Presumably they are likely to be laundered from a robbery.
Has anybody ever challenged and handed one back?
Occasionally I get offered ones in change in supermarkets etc with a trace of scarlet ink on one edge.
Presumably they are likely to be laundered from a robbery.
Has anybody ever challenged and handed one back?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.They are not from a robbery Segilla but the Bank staff mark the notes when they are loading the ATM machines. If for expample they put in 50,000 and mark a line on the notes so it is visible looking down, say every 5 thousand then when they next check the machine they can tell how quickly it is getting through the money at a glance and so if it needs topping up straight away or can be left without having to recount every note.
SEGILLA, You will know from seeing these notes that the above answer is a load of boIIocks! I have seen plenty as you describe and they are obviously stained by dye, no doubt a lot of notes in the case when the dye is activated are too risky to pass on and are destroyed. However in a busy casino where a LOT of notes are pushed into a cash box and not then handled for many hours later is a pretty good way to launder them. I do not know of anyone trying to hand one back when offered one in a supermarket etc. and I certainly would not.