New US $20 bills contain RFID chips
This may be urban legend, I don't have a spare $20 lying around to try this with, but allegedly RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode When You Try to Microwave Them:So we chose to 'microwave' our cash, over $1000 in twenties in a stack, not spread out on a carasoul. Do you know what exploded on American money?? The right eye of Andrew Jackson on the new twenty, every bill was uniform in it's burning... Isnt that interesting?
e.p.c. posted this at 07:19 GMT on 2-Mar-2004 . Archive Link