| You walk into your kitchen to feed your new puppy | | | | worth their entire face value. |
| and notice his kennel door is open. You can see that | | | | - If between 20-80% of a bill is missing, it is defined as |
| he is chewing on something, and you grow "angry | | | | incomplete. However, a value is applied to the bill in |
| eyes" as you see Frank the Wonder Dog has | | | | proportion to the percentage of the bill you have. This |
| somehow figured out a way to climb onto the counter, | | | | means, if you have 50% of a 50 dollar bill, it is still worth |
| open the cookie jar, and steal a cookie. Only one | | | | 25 bucks and financial institutions are instructed to pay |
| problem, the cookie jar was pulling double duty as your | | | | you for the intact portion. |
| Blu Ray Player savings repository. EEEEK! Cue the | | | | - If more than 80% of a bill is missing, you're out of luck. |
| sinking feeling. Yup, Wonder Mutt is sitting in his hideout | | | | No cash value is applied it. |
| with your white chocolate chip, macadamia nut cookie | | | | Banks, cash centres, and other money-taking |
| and 140 dollars of ripped, drooled on, and half eaten | | | | organizations, are asked to remove damaged bills |
| cash. Don't worry, according to the Bank of Canada | | | | from circulation when they are returned to them by |
| you have options: | | | | their customers. While you may not be able to recoup |
| - A note that has become worn or has been | | | | all your cash, maybe you can still get that Blu Ray |
| damaged can be exchanged for its full face value as | | | | Player. After all, like you anger at Frank, those halves |
| long as less than 20% of the bill is missing, burnt, | | | | of fifties will pass. |
| decayed, or otherwise defaced. Such bills are still | | | | |