Old currency notes stink.. / myLot

India

October 11, 2017 3:08am CST

Really... I just pulled out my old collection and it was all stinking... Yuck... I guess fresh notes do not, but used ones do... Ammonia stink...yuck..

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

11 Oct 17

In Germany, banks take old, torn and stinking money out of circulation and print new ones. Coins which are too dirty are washed occasionally. The dirtiest banknotes I've ever seen were the ones we encountered in Egypt.

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

11 Oct 17

Really? I have this notes from almost 30 years ago. I did not check them for real long time, and today for asylum's post, I just brought it out...the smell was really bad. But I thought it is only because they have been kept closed for such a long period.

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69409)

• Germany

11 Oct 17

@vandana7 Why don't you take them to the bank and ask for new ones?

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

11 Oct 17

@MALUSE ..That is from my collection...going all the way to Mauritius to change a few notes..seems like an expensive proposition. lol

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307505)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

11 Oct 17

I wonder why that is.

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

11 Oct 17

They may be using Ammonia for printing.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (307505)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

11 Oct 17

@vandana7 That would do it.

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

11 Oct 17

@just4him .. You weren't thinking the guys were leaking..were you..lol. Now, that would be what DE or pgn would think..lol

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19702)

• India

11 Oct 17

Did your old collection have any forgotten 500,1000 Rupee notes?

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

13 Oct 17

@silvermist .. It is for collection purposes only!!! :) It would be invaluable some 30 odd years down the lane..

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

11 Oct 17

Yes...I have them..evil grin.

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Silvermist

@silvermist (19702)

• India

12 Oct 17

@vandana7 Why the grin?You won't be able to use that money.May be you are a collector of notes like coin and stamp collectors.

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Inlemay

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

16 Oct 17

I didnt know that old bank notes stink after a while?

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

16 Oct 17

I realized it the other day when Asylum came up with a post and I pulled out my collection. Ammonia stink..yuck.

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Tokz

@ilocosboy (45157)

• Philippines

11 Oct 17

Stinky or not but the important is that you can buy with that money.

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

13 Oct 17

Aw...these are collection notes...I won't be using them to buy anything.

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Tokz

@ilocosboy (45157)

• Philippines

13 Oct 17

I have also my collection of old coins and paper bills of my country.

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

13 Oct 17

@ilocosboy .. Don't the notes stink?

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JOSEPHINE

@nangayo (2291)

• Nairobi, Kenya

11 Oct 17

I. think it is because they have passed through many hands.

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

13 Oct 17

The stink is terrible, makes me feel why I bothered to collect them in the first place..lol

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Artemeis

@artemeis (4194)

• China

15 Dec 17

You can always bring it to the bank and change it to a fresh new one.

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

15 Dec 17

But old ones have great value...

LK2018

@Letranknight2015 (51537)

• Philippines

14 Oct 17

I got some old notes too, but have thrown some of them

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

14 Oct 17

Don't do that!!! Collect them or sell them on eBay.

Judy Story

@jstory07 (134727)

• Roseburg, Oregon

11 Oct 17

hy do the used notes stink.?

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vanny

@vandana7 (99009)

• India

11 Oct 17

Haven't the faintest idea but they do stink..I just pulled up the collection and was confronted with that dirty odor.

Catherine

@bluesa (15023)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

14 Oct 17

One can only imagine what journey money takes before getting to us, then to store it away for a few years. The odour would be yuck, but you have collected it, so can you maybe sell some of it? Or is it as momentos?

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