A 74-year-old property manager in Israel ridiculously destroyed 2,900-euro banknotes. The elderly woman put the money in a bowl of bleach, which she then placed in the microwave to disinfect against the coronavirus.
She sent a letter to a bank in which she explained that she wanted to disinfect the banknotes through this procedure, bg-voice.com reported. “I feel very guilty because this is not my money. “I am an honest citizen who has never destroyed money,” the letter said. The woman sent more than 70 banknotes to the bank.
A review by the currency department found that the banknotes were genuine and the bank decided to exchange them and return them to the woman. “Needless to say, banknotes in Israel contain iron fibers that can cause flames in the microwave,” the bank said. According to health experts, the likelihood of coronavirus infection from banknotes or coins is very small.
A bank spokesman notes that the financial institution replaces thousands of damaged banknotes each year. “So far, however, we have not had a case of cooked banknotes,” he said.
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