A banknote is said to be damaged when it is dirty, stained or discolored due to accidental events.
For example, it may happen that you forget banknotes in the pockets of trousers that have ended up in the washing machine.
The consequence of this is that we end up with damaged banknotes, perhaps just faded, that no one wants anymore and that in the most desperate cases is thrown away.
Nothing is lost, you can go to a branch of Banca d'Italia to replace them but also at the banks and post offices in the national territory that offer the service.
In fact, in order to maintain a high quality level of working capital, le Worn banknotes are regularly withdrawn from circulation and replaced with newly produced ones.
Below is the link to find out more, even in the case of banknotes "mutilated" by a part normally less than half of the note:
Exchange of banknotes and coins - Citizen Service
You know the banknotes?
Euro banknotes are a tangible symbol of the European Union; currently the euro has been used for over 347 millions of citizens in 20 paesi.
If you belong to professional categories that handle a lot of cash, there is a real one training course to deepen your knowledge of euro banknotes.
Who signs the banknotes?
At the moment, euro banknotes in circulation can bear the signature of Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, or his predecessors, Mario Draghi, Claude Trichet, Willem F. Duisenberg.
Alex Gaetani