Not only apartments and household items were destroyed in the flood in western Germany. Thousands of euro bills also have to be exchanged.
Bundesbank specialists continue to have their hands full exchanging damaged cash from the flood areas in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate for new bills.
So far, more than 65 million euros in so-called flood money have been submitted, as the Bundesbank announced to the German press agency. That is another 15 million euros more than at the beginning of the month. The notes come from banks and savings banks – for example from destroyed ATMs – or from private individuals.
The banknotes, which were often heavily contaminated with mud, sewage and heating oil due to the flood in mid-July, are washed, dried and checked by experts at the Bundesbank’s analysis center for counterfeit money and damaged cash in Mainz so that the submitters get their money back in fresh notes. The service is free of charge for citizens.
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