I accidentally ripped a $100 bill in half - what can be done with it?

Sure. No problem. Take it to any bank and they’ll verify that the two halves belong together and replace it for you. It’s just a piece of special paper, after all. They’ll be able to get it replaced, too.

Take both halves to the bank, and they will give you a replacement bill.

YES… phew!!! Dad totally mailed me something stupid I didn’t need and I always tear my mail in half (because that’s what he always did!). He’s been calling & asking if I got this thing I didn’t need. I checked to see if there was anything in it but it must have been hidden in the brochure. Bah!

Glad it can be fixed, I was worried. Thanks guys :)

I suggest taking it to a bank at which you have an account. Your experience may vary, but my recent experience was:

A while ago, I got several $50 bills from a bank (US Bank, who make it annoying to cash checks without an account, for which they have annoying and changing rules for how to get a no-fee account), then tried to deposit it in a credit union’s ATM (nice credit union, but no teller), and the ATM would not read one of the bills, which had an ink mark on it.

I took the inked $50 to a third bank (Key Bank), where I did not have an account, and they said they would not break bills larger than $20 except for people with accounts at that bank. (Um… grr.)

So I went to a fourth bank (Chase – die, Chase), where I did have an account, and they said they would not take “mutilated money”, and that I could either call the US Department of Treasury to exchange it, or I could go back to the first bank I got it from and tell the teller who gave it to me.

This is a lesson to you to read your dad’s mail from now on. It may contain hidden money.

@SamIAm I can’t believe you would treat a gift in such a thoughtless, callous manner.

Most banks are pretty cool about that, especially if you have an account there. Even many stores are willing to accomodate; unlike @Zaku‘s Chase bank, many will just hit it with that special marker to verify that it’s genuine and then treat it as a normal $50 bill.

@Zaku That is why I use a local credit union :D

Hide! For, soon the angel of currency will beat down your door & drag you down to the lower depths of the minting press and assimilate you into the ISO9001.

just put some clear tape on it, its not a big deal.

@jerv I use a local credit union too. But my client, employer, credit card companies, etc., use other banks.

Tape it together and deposit it, or tak it inside as the other have said. Be glad you didn’t feed it into a paper shreader.

Send both halves to me. They’re worthless now anyway.

haha! Bank gave me 20s, all is well.

TAPE IT.