US currency bills are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long; they are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram. (All US currency was made smaller in 1928)
US currency bills are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long; they are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram. (All US currency was made smaller in 1928)
All US Bills are cloth, not paper – 25% Cotton, 75% Linen with red and blue synthetic fibers distributed throughout.
Currency is printed by the Bureau of Engraving and printing. Each bill, regardless of denomination costs 4.2 cents to make. The BEP prints 16,650,000 $1 bills each day.
The $1 bill has an average lifetime of 18-22 months. Damaged bills are returned to the Fed and shredded. Last year, the Fed destroyed around $7.5B worth of currency