How The United States of America make it’s Dollar Bills
In the United States money is made by The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and U.S. coins are produced by the U.S. Mint.
How to/who makes dollar bills
In the United States money is made by The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and U.S. coins are produced by the U.S. Mint. dollars are made from 25% linen ( linen is a flax-based textile) and 75% cotton. The back of each bill is printed with green ink the front a variety of inks are used depending on the bill including black ink, color-shifting ink, and metallic ink.
Offset printing
The first stage of making money is called the offset printing. During this stage the background is printed on each side by a Huge printer in the facilities in Washington, D.C. and Texas (Fort Worth) “usually making around 10,000 sheets of money per hour”. The sheets then need to dry for three days (72 hours) before moving on to the next stage.
Intaglio Printing
72 hours later After the sheets are dry they go to the intaglio printer. Here some of the finer details of the design are added including numerals, portraits, some lettering, and scrollwork. Each side is printed separately the detail is added to the green side first after that you wait 72 hours again, Then it goes through another intaglio printer and the details of the portrait side are printed.
Inspection
During the Inspection process the sheets of money are Digital computers analyze each sheet in minute detail to make sure that the paper, ink, and printing all meet the precise standards.
Overprinting
After the sheets pass inspection they are sent to the overprinting stage where serial numbers and seals are printed on the sheet of money.
Stacking and Cutting
Lastly there is the stacking and cutting stage this is the part in which the sheets are stacked and sent to a large cutting machine that slices the sheets into individual bills after this the bills are considered legal currency and sent to the Federal reserve which is the Banks for Banks and they also change interest rates and give many to banks.
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https://www.uscurrency.gov/about-us/currency-facts
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