Is it illegal to rip a dollar bill in half?
Is it illegal to rip a dollar bill in half? While it is illegal to deface or destroy US currency, accidents do happen, and money is occasionally damaged by natural means. If you have damaged currency, there is something that you can do in order to restore the value of the currency.
Does ironing money ruin it?
Ever hear of a book titled “Fahrenheit 451”? Paper money in the USA has to meet stringent requirements, by design, so a quick ironing, without steam, will not damage it. Of course, this is a testable matter: iron a one dollar bill. As for polymer currencies, I would not do that: too risky.