What happens after dye pack explodes? Does the dyed cash go into trash? If so, does the bank replace and restore the same amount of money?
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Dyed money can be returned to the Treasury. There is a lot of paperwork, and Secret Service investigation, involved. The money is replaced, and destroyed if the SS doesn’t want to keep it for evidence.
Damaged money can be returned to the US Treasury and replaced. Banks already to this all the time when bills get torn or worn out, a bunch of died bills is just a slightly larger order to place.
The bank can easily have that cash replaced by the federal reserve bank as with any other damaged notes.
The key point is that if a random customer comes in with a stack of banknotes damaged by dye, that might be a pretty huge red flag that they might be involved with something.
The cash is returned to the issuing bank. Once there it is authenticated. Once the notes have been verified new notes are issued to replace them.
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