Have you ever accidentally burnt banknotes in the microwave? It’s not as uncommon as you might think. What about an unhappy encounter with a shredder? Our experts can piece even the tiniest fragments back together. If more than half of the banknote is left over, the Bundesbank will replace it. In the final instalment of our video series with Silviana Ursu, we show you what happens with damaged cash.

We used the last summer days and flew with the drone over our premises - watch a few impression in the video above.

Der Zentralbankrat der Bank deutscher Länder beziehungsweise Bundesbank war fast ausschließlich ein Männergremium. Denn von 1948 bis zu seiner Ablösung durch den Vorstand im Zuge der Strukturreform 2002 schaffte nur eine einzige Frau den Sprung in dieses Gremium, Julia Dingwort-Nusseck. Sie feiert am Mittwoch, den 6. Oktober, in Hamburg ihren 100. Geburtstag.

The costs of payment methods for consumers are difficult to determine, not recorded in a harmonised manner on an international level and consequently vary significantly from country to country. For this reason, a separate study is necessary for Germany. As part of a representative survey conducted in 2023, households were asked about the costs they incurred when using various means of payment. 

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What goes on in the money processing is usually top secret. In the second part of our video series, Silviana Ursu gives some impressions.