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The Federal Reserve Bank, maintains the quality and quantity of currency and coin in circulation, using state-of-the-art equipment to handle and process incoming and outgoing currency.

Each day the Minneapolis Fed processes $74 million worth of coin and currency and destroys about $5 million of unfit currency.

Currency

The New Currency
June 30, 2004

The newly redesigned Series 2004 $50 notes, featuring subtle background colors of blue and red, images of a waving American flag and a small metallic silver-blue star, will be issued beginning on September 28. [Press release, via the Board of Governors]

Front of new 50 dollar bill

For informational materials on the new currency, including an interactive demonstration of the bill's security features, go to www.moneyfactory.com/newmoney.

Other Currency
All U.S. currency is printed by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (BEP). The BEP prints billions of Federal Reserve notes for delivery to the Federal Reserve System each year.

100-dollar bill

Security Features on U.S. currency include enlarged off-center portrait, watermark, fine-line printing patterns and color-shifting ink.

(Links are to the BEP unless noted otherwise.)

Fact Sheets: Currency & Coins

Fun Cash Facts, FED101

Know Your Money, U.S. Secret Service

Money Facts

Dollars and Cents: Fundamental Facts about U.S. Currency,
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Frequently Asked Questions About United States Paper Currency

What To Do With Shredded or Mutilated Currency