Originally Posted by
yolajean
Just to say, I was sanitizing 15 one-dollar bills to put into my great grandchildren's Valentines (doing it on my ironing board- not too bright) and the ink came off the bills onto my ironing board cover. I tell you! Who knew that the ink on our money can be wiped off???
You were
sanitizing them? With what?? I've washed money in the washing machine and never had the ink come off. Left several dollars in a pants pocket and they came through washer and dryer just fine.
By the way - I read a book that talked about
bleaching one dollar bills and then printing ink to change them into $100 dollar bills. This is why they started putting the security strip in our currency. Had to foil the bad guys.
Since the "paper" is actually a linen/cotton blend, with strands of silk thrown in, you can iron the bills.
I like to do that when handling lots of cash for fundraisers, etc. Makes it much easier to count large amounts if they're not all wadded up.