Shrunken 1,000-yen bills are handed at the cash register of a Japanese convenience store.

A certain X user is making headlines for receiving a shrunken one-thousand-yen bill at a convenience store. After posting a photo, the post garnered over 77,000 likes, and many comments suggested that the bill shrank due to washing. According to @kontorasut115, they received the shrunken bill at a convenience store, noticed the size difference after putting it in their wallet, and posted a photo. They clarified that it was not due to washing but a genuine one-thousand-yen bill, expressing their surprise. The article also discusses the average lifespan of bills and the procedures for returning them to the Bank of Japan. It conveys that @kontorasut115 intends to take the bill to the bank without using it.

Response:
Banknotes shrink when washed. If you then iron it to dry it, it will shrink even more.
Polymer banknotes are increasing in many countries. They are said to be strong and long-lasting, but when accidentally wet or dried with a hair dryer, the heat causes them to shrink into a crumpled mess.
I had never seen a shrunken 1,000 yen bill, so I thought it might be a counterfeit bill, so I took it to the local police station, but police officers came to look at it one after another, and an hour later, it was returned to me with no problem. I've been there before.

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日本にほんのコンビニのレジで縮ちぢんだ1000円えん札さつが渡わたされる

あるXユーザーがコンビニで受うけ取とった千円札せんえんさつが縮ちぢんでいたことが話題わだいになっています。写真しゃしんを投稿とうこうすると7万まん7000以上いじょうのいいねがつき、「洗濯せんたくすると縮ちぢむ」という声こえが多数たすう寄よせられました。@kontorasut115さんによれば、コンビニで千円札せんえんさつを受うけ取とり、財布さいふにしまったところ、サイズが異ことなることに気付きづき写真しゃしんを投稿とうこう。洗濯せんたくによるものではなく本物ほんものの千円札せんえんさつで、驚おどろきを感かんじたと述のべています。記事きじは千円札せんえんさつの平均寿命へいきんじゅみょうや日本銀行にっぽんぎんこうへの返却へんきゃく手続てつづきにも触ふれ、@kontorasut115さんが使用しようしないで銀行ぎんこうに持もって行いく意向いこうであることを伝つたえています。

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