Imperfect US currency exchange.

Try different banks... claim you got the note from their adjacent ATM and they will replace it with intact one. Works everytime you just need to keep insisting persistently.

Also in small village shops theyre more accepting with damaged notes.

Im not sue you have seen US currency from sth americaEcuador,where the US dollar is the only currency,it has multiple pen marks on it for clarification of its validity,and the twenty dollar notes would need a steam roller to press them into shape,no bank whatsoever would believe their machines spat them out,as the banks themselves would not accept them in the first place...the Hundreds also have multiple pen marks on them,every note in ecuador has pen marks on them as their means to determine counterfeit or not.the pen marked notes are the only non counterfeit money...not to mention the age of the 20 dollar notes,.I was thinking an exchange that would accept the bills but at a slightly lower exchange rate...casino,something or somoeone perhaps less inclined to be so pedantic,yet happy to hand me over riel made in a meat grinder......thankyou for the reply.

Unfortunately, as you already know you will have a real difficult to impossible time trying to unload/exchange these damaged bills anywhere in Asia.

Is there anyone you trust 100% that might be traveling to the US and could exchange these for you? I really can't think of another option.

the trust thing isnt an issue,its finding somebody who actually wants to go back to the US....cant say I blame them......US currency in ecuador,their only currency,is in wors shape than cambodian Riel and thats sying something.......I could post it to the states,but have no idea if it would make it..post 5 dollars out of ecuador and it never arrives,figure it would be the same here and Im not talking about just 5 dollars.....its the hundred notes that are screwing me,the trwenty notes i can acetone abit and slip out here and there,not so the hundreds..............you wouldnt trust a hundred dollar bill in sth america unless it had been stamped and pen marked for security like Jackson pollock was busting out a canvas........
thanks for the reply amigo,it still was helpfull.

You are welcome. Hope you will find a solution.
Do not post a larger amount, the risk is just too great.
Thanks for the description of US$ notes in S. America - i have never been.

just ecuador,sth america,they use USA currency,I lived there for ten years....If you ever plan on going to STH America,let me know.

Thank you for your offer but I always felt that Spanish is a must for Central & South America and I don't speak it. In any case, I lost my heart to Asia and I decided to get serious about it.

So, this opens up an interesting question: Do you like Cambodia better than Ecuador?

In regards to the bills, I am actually in a similar position as I made a withdrawal in the US this week hoping they'd have new uncirculated bills but they didn't and although they looked OK when I was shown the "bricks", 80%+ do not meet my standards and will be re-deposited the next time I am in the US. I am very picky with US$ as I need them for Cambodia almost exclusively these days.