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CURRENCY HANDLING
NEW OR UNCIRCULATED NOTE DEFECTS
• All the conditions listed for used notes.
• Excessive bowing due to conditions of packing and storing.
• New or uncirculated currency must be “burst” and fully separated prior to loading
into cassettes.
PREPARING NOTES
Use the following procedures to prepare notes before inserting them into a note cassette.
PREPARING USED NOTES
• Remove the band around each bundle of notes.
• Remove foreign objects (e.g. pins, paper clips, crumbs, etc.).
• Remove torn or very worn notes.
• Straighten any folded notes.
PREPARING NEW OR UNCIRCULATED NOTES
• Remove the band around each bundle of notes. Separate the notes from each other
by:
• Striking the bundle hard against the edge of a table or similar object.
• Flipping through each bundle of notes in both directions at each end.
• Using a Note Counter.
• Two or more notes joined by any means.
• Excessively crumpled or crinkled.
• Tape on the surface of the currency used for repairing, patching or any other
purpose.
• Staples, pins, or any other foreign body attached to the notes.
• Corner folds of a size greater than 1/2” on either axis.
USED NOTE DEFECTS
• Adhesive or “sticky” substances on the surface of the paper.
• Tears extending more than 1/2” from the edge of the currency.
• Tears, holes, or missing sections in the body of the currency.