Overview
- Through Communication A 8352, the central bank removed the December 31, 2025 cutoff, allowing banks to receive old or damaged U.S. bills without a deadline.
- Participating banks deposit these notes with the BCRA, which sends them to the U.S. Federal Reserve for destruction and brings in new bills as replacements.
- All U.S. dollar designs remain legal tender, with acceptance based on standard condition checks rather than the age or style of the note.
- Bank participation is voluntary, so customers should verify availability with their institution, with Banco Nación and several provincial banks participating.
- Acceptance follows Federal Reserve integrity standards, including rejection of notes with more than 40% of their paper missing, and the BCRA covers logistics at no cost to adhering banks after processing about USD 6 billion since August 2024.