. >> you remember brandon whitney? he accidentally put four 100 bills in a paper shreder and in seconds it was a worthless pile of confettied. >> than gave% but his mom contacted 7 on your side and we found and amazing solution. >> there is an increase. >> this is the u.s. bureau of engraving and printing in washington, d.c. here examiners work all day turning piles of mutilated cash into spendable money. its free service of the u.s. government. >> we see everything. >> and shredding cases, too. a lot of us end up with mangled money. every year the bureau tackles 20,000 cases with a success rate of 90% returning $40 million to consumers. these ashes used to be a sack of 20 bills. they were burned in a bank fire. but even this can be saved. >> it rises off the currency when it's burned, you can still see the engraving. >> hundreds of cases involved money damaged during 9/11. there are also plenty of bills from natural disasters, too. shear case from hurricane katrina. >> these moldy lumps used to be somebody's life savi

. >> you remember brandon whitney? he accidentally put four 100 bills in a paper shreder and in seconds it was a worthless pile of confettied. >> than gave% but his mom contacted 7 on your side and we found and amazing solution. >> there is an increase. >> this is the u.s. bureau of engraving and printing in washington, d.c. here examiners work all day turning piles of mutilated cash into spendable money. its free service of the u.s. government. >> we see everything. >> and shredding cases, too. a lot of us end up with mangled money. every year the bureau tackles 20,000 cases with a success rate of 90% returning $40 million to consumers. these ashes used to be a sack of 20 bills. they were burned in a bank fire. but even this can be saved. >> it rises off the currency when it's burned, you can still see the engraving. >> hundreds of cases involved money damaged during 9/11. there are also plenty of bills from natural disasters, too. shear case from hurricane katrina. >> these moldy lumps used to be somebody's life savi