Banknote Serial Numbers
Discussions focus on serial numbers on physical currency for tracking counterfeits, stolen bills, and contaminated notes, as well as policies like demonetizing high-denomination bills to combat crime and black money.
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Is this something strictly with the US currency notes or is the same true for other countries currency as well?
Cash has serial numbers printed on it.
Just like the money in your wallet?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_currency
Don't expect this to change, it's used to help track counterfeit money.
Billions of new banknotes are printed every day. Why does nobody care?
This is something you see in movies. Cash is by nature not traceable, so invalidating notes after issue would make it impossible to trust any cash transaction.
they are worried about currency forgery.
Try photocopying some US dollar bills.
What exactly is censored when you use paper currency?
seems like a decent way to unprint some money.