Red stained banknotes

[Segilla]

Post Offices and bansks used to have notices about these.
Occasionally I get offered ones in change in supermarkets etc with a trace of scarlet ink on one edge.
Presumably they are likely to be laundered from a robbery.
Has anybody ever challenged and handed one back?

[khana]

They are not from a robbery Segilla but the Bank staff mark the notes when they are loading the ATM machines. If for expample they put in 50,000 and mark a line on the notes so it is visible looking down, say every 5 thousand then when they next check the machine they can tell how quickly it is getting through the money at a glance and so if it needs topping up straight away or can be left without having to recount every note.

[Bird Legs]

SEGILLA, You will know from seeing these notes that the above answer is a load of boIIocks! I have seen plenty as you describe and they are obviously stained by dye, no doubt a lot of notes in the case when the dye is activated are too risky to pass on and are destroyed. However in a busy casino where a LOT of notes are pushed into a cash box and not then handled for many hours later is a pretty good way to launder them. I do not know of anyone trying to hand one back when offered one in a supermarket etc. and I certainly would not.

[khana]

Bird Legs, I can assure you that my answer is not "a load of ********". Banks can and do mark the notes as I described.

Of course it may not be the answer you are looking for, but I can assure you that I do not talk ********.....unless I have had a few drinks in which case it is wise to avoid me.