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Did You Know?
That the Bureau of Engraving and Printing prints 37 million notes a day with a value of around $696 million dollars?
That between the Fort Worth Texas and the Washington D. C. facilities, The Bureau of Engraving and Printing uses about 18 tons of ink per day?
That currency is printed on cotton, not paper?
That if we laid each current U. S. bill printed side by side they would stretch around the earth's equator about 24 times?
That on March 2,1999 the Liberty Dollar Bill Act was introduced after a presentation to Congress by a group of students? The students want a short version of the U.S. Constitution printed on the back of the one dollar bill.
That in l943, pennies were only made of copper for a short time? This was during World War II, and the U. S. needed the copper to make communications equipment for the war. Because of this, pennies were made of steel.
 That the 1943 copper-alloy cent is one of the most sought after items by coin collectors? There are about 40 of these known to be in existence today.
That the way to find out if your 1943 penny is copper, is with a magnet? If you can't pick it up with the magnet, it's copper, and it could be worth a lot of money to you?
That a 1943 copper cent was auctioned off on December 22, 1999, for $112,500?
That when the U. S Mint discussed getting rid of the penny the public was outraged, especially in Illinois, the home state of Abraham Lincoln.
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