Just been out to remove some clothes from the washing machine and as I opened the door a 50e and a 5e note fell to the floor.
On removing the clothes there were 3 more notes loose in the machine, two 20 euros and another 5.
After first dismissing the thought that I might be the lucky owner of a magic machine that printed money, I realized that I'm getting more than a little bit careless in old age.

Apart from being damp the notes are in perfect order with no sign at all of any damage.
It is said that virtually all paper money has traces of narcotics from previous owners, so I suppose I must now possess some of the cleanest well laundered money in circulation.

given the quality of the paper I'm surprised they didn't just disolve ! I saw last night on the news that Canada is issuing plastic notes ...

Be careful.. The Spanish authorities need a good money laundering conviction to prove to Brussels that they're on top of it...

Euro notes are made of cotton

So thats the reason.
I couldn't understand why they'd all been through a full wash yet came out perfect and undamaged.

Probably smell a bit sweeter as well if the stink of baccy,booze and drugs has been replaced with the aroma of lavender fabric conditioner.

Puts my mind at rest also, knowing that all those millions I have buried out in the campo won't be too badly affected by a bit of damp.

Sure its a kind of paper made of tiny cotton fibers ... but be careful out there in the ' campo ' ... goats may eat it !

....only if they're quite useful with a pick and shovel.

If the people at the cashout do those UV checks on the notes, then they will fail, due to the phosphates in the washing powder, You may want to pay them into your bank account.

Thanks for the tip.
I know a couple of places where I can find a good home for them.

Can't believe it. I took a couple of sheets out of the washing machine this morning and out popped two more banknotes.
Thought I'd checked it properly yesterday including the seals.
Beginning to think I really have a magic money printing machine.

They must be mating in there. What detergent are you using?

You make more money doing laundry than some of us do all day.

Can I bring my laundry to your house please?

My machine only coughs up buttons, stones, bits of twig, a couple of conkers and even a Barbie doll once..... and of course the dreaded white tissue that stuck to everything black.

mine spits out earphones............ amazingly they always seem to still work!!

I sometimes find coins in the bed. Not the same thing, of course, although I suspect I may have a magic freckle.