JACKSON, MO. — A bunch of mice turn out to be no match for the U.S. Mint.
A southeast Missouri man is expected to be reimbursed for about $1,000 in bills that had been munched on by rodents.
He had left the $20 bills in an vinyl bag on a desk at his home, and it was misplaced during the ice storm last winter and the flooding in March.
He eventually found the bag, and in August took it to First Missouri State Bank in Jackson in hopes of covering his losses.
Bank manager Michelle Johns said she and two staffers picked through rodent droppings and bird feathers and reassembled the bills.
The U.S. Mint told Johns that both sets of serial numbers on the bills must be complete to get reimbursement.
Mint officials told Jones to send the reassembled bills — and the feces and feathers — to them in Washington, D.C.
The mint will issue a check for the amount the torn money is worth.
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