BUREAU OF ENGRAVING & PRINTING...

I Have really wanted to visit this site since we arrived in DC. 

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a part of the Treasury Department. 

It is where MONEY IS PRINTED.

And talk about fascinating.  No pictures were allowed to be taken once inside the facility. 

The building was enormous.  And you walked down halls with windows that you could see into where the money was being printed, checked, cut,  and bundled.  

The number of steps in this process was amazing. 

And the size and scope of the machinery was too. 

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing.  This building was really big .

I took pictures each directions to show its size.

Standing on the steps of the Bureau you can see the Washington Monument

Across the street in the Department of Agriculture.

Next door is the Holocaust Museum

This beautiful walkway is between the buildings.

The department of the Treasury across the other side of the buiding.

More of the Treasury Department

The entrance.

This hall where you wait for your tour. 

The information in here was fascinating. I snapped lots of pictures here and have just posted them 

for my own benefit.  The history of paper money.

Aug 29, 1862, 4 women and 2 men began separating and trimming dollar bills- the first curency.

This is $1,000,000.00- One Million Dollars

THE HISTORY OF MONEY

                                                                

IN 618 CHINA ISSUED THE FIRST PAPER MONEY

A CLOSE UP OF THE FIRST PAPER CURRENCY

SWEDISH PAPER MONEY FROM 1661

THE FRENCH USED PLAYING CARDS AS MONEY IN THE 1600'S

1775- COLONIAL MONEY

GREENBACKS- CALLED THIS BECAUSE OF THE GREEN DYE

1862 - START OF THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING & PRINTING

PICTURE OF THE FIRST BUILDING

THE FEDERAL RESERVE

THE WESTERN FACILITY IN TEXAS

NEW SERIES 1996- 

2004 MORE COLORS ADDED

THE BUILDINGS IN DC ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL INSIDE. 

THE CEILING IN HERE WAS GORGEOUS.