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The money fixers (classic)

Planet Money

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Cologne Is a Free Service Provided by the US Government

For your money to count as good money, you need to send in more than 50% of a bill. The person who sent in the burned money will get reimbursed for the value of every bill that Cologne could identify. It's actually a free service provided by the government. Congress asked us to start doing this a long time ago. They give us the money to do it every year.

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