Eli5: sincerely just out of curiosity, if a bank robber is caught after a dye pack explodes and the money is returned, what do they do with the money? Is it cleaned or do they throw it away?

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Edit: thank you for all your helpful responses! My curiosity is sated!

In: Economics

Answer 1

The banknotes are returned to the treasury and securely destroyed. You can buy a briquette of shredded cash for twenty or thirty dollars or so on ebay.