Legally, either half is worth NOTHING. If you have both halves, or on piece that is "clearly more than 50%" of the original note, it is still worth $20.
Note: The phrase "clearly more than 50%" is a DIRECT QUOTE from the BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
No. When I was a kid, my dad used to rip money in half and give half to me and half to my brother. We taped it back together and went to the baseball card shop. True story. The point of that story is that even as a little kid, I wasn’t stupid enough to think ripped in half money was valuable...
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Legally, either half is worth NOTHING. If you have both halves, or on piece that is "clearly more than 50%" of the original note, it is still worth $20.
Note: The phrase "clearly more than 50%" is a DIRECT QUOTE from the BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Yes, Kevin, but I would rip $100 bills in half. That way each one will be worth $200! Why spend the time on ten dollars?
Off from elementary school for the holiday?
It is destruction of Federal property. Money is the property of the federal government, we use it but do not own it,
No. When I was a kid, my dad used to rip money in half and give half to me and half to my brother. We taped it back together and went to the baseball card shop. True story. The point of that story is that even as a little kid, I wasn’t stupid enough to think ripped in half money was valuable...
No. You've made it completely worthless.
It's disturbing that you'd even have to ask this question.
Of course not. Each half would need a separate serial number.
no its nothing as dollars are not legal tender here
It does not. If you cut a car in half, can you drive one of those halves?