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Banknotes don't expire.


There’s plenty that have. Just one example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_payment_certificate

Similar schemes have been used in the past as a forcing function against tax evasion or simply to phase out less secure older bills.


In practical terms retailers can refuse old ones. In countries I have lived in.


Specific notes and coins do, despite the underlying money doesn't.




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