Another overlooked problem with paper money..............

[Serpo]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140358/Bank-workers-try-piece-5-000-worth-Chinese-yuan-woman-shreds--manage-note-hours.html

Bank workers try piece together almost £5,000 worth of Chinese yuan after woman shreds them... but only manage one note after six hours ;D


By Daily Mail Reporter (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter)
PUBLISHED: 15:59 GMT, 6 May 2012 | UPDATED: 15:59 GMT, 6 May 2012


Workers at a Chinese bank spent six hours trying to splice threads of 50,000 yuan (about £4,900) together after a mentally ill woman shredded them.
The woman's desperate husband brought the money into the Sichuan branch of the Bank of China to try and get help. It is believed she tore the money to shreds during a mental breakdown.
Twelve staff at the bank offered to help the man after he explained the money was needed to pay for her care.
However, after six hours they had only managed to splice one complete bank note and eventually had to give up. It is not known if the man was able to get help elsewhere.


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/06/article-0-12F2A7ED000005DC-832_634x422.jpg Workers at the bank tried to help piece together the money but failed after six hours of trying



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/06/article-0-12F2A8D2000005DC-859_634x422.jpg A female worker tries to piece together some of the money which was torn up by a woman during a mental breakdown



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/06/article-0-12F2A87B000005DC-785_634x955.jpg Only one note was successfully put back together after six hours of trying



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/06/article-0-12F2A8A5000005DC-740_634x422.jpg The woman's husband eventually left the bank after six hours but it is not known if he was able to get help



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/06/article-0-12F2A86B000005DC-300_634x422.jpg Two of the staff try and work out which pieces go where in the near impossible task



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/06/article-0-12F2A86F000005DC-745_634x955.jpg Nothing is known about the woman or how she managed to rip the money to pieces


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[Libertytree]

This is stupid, all they had to do was weigh it.

[solid]

At least the Chinese bank workers tried. If this had happened in the US, we'd get the middle finger. We'd then get preached to about using digital money, and how banks are great. Then, they would fine us.

[joboo]

Nicest bank staff in the world. Looks like the guy is going to have a nice puzzle set to play with for the next few months.

[mamboni]

Nice people, but not too bright.

[BabushkaLady]

There is probably a computer program already in existence to solve this:

1) scan pieces in big batches
2) run through "puzzle program"
3) visually reconstruct on the computer screen
4) verify serial numbers
5) Done!

I bet the facial recognition specialists in Vegas could handle this in no time.

[undgrd]

This is stupid, all they had to do was weigh it.

Since all Chinese money is color coded by denomination, that's not an issue either.

[Uncle Salty]

Just match the serial number parts with scanning.

[osoab]

I found a ripped up piece from a 5 yuan over the weekend. I wonder if his wife has been hanging around my area.