Recently, a Texas lawmaker introduced legislation to replace Ben Franklin’s name and likeness on the $100 with President ...

Intaglio printing is what gives the U.S. currency its distinctive look ... which transfers the ink to the paper. The enormous pressure causes the paper to be embossed with the ink, thus giving ...

in the September 2009 issue of F&D). The term “printing money” is something of a misnomer in itself. Most money today is in the form of bank deposits rather than paper currency (see box). Countries ...

It turns out that rare bills still in circulation could be worth a lot of paper money. Different ways of engraving and printing can alter paper currency’s value, so much so that what seems like a ...

Currency paper has a unique feel and is extremely durable. Is it really 'paper' in the traditional sense? There are no wood fibers or starch in currency paper. Instead, like high quality ...

In 1926, they began building the region's first currency printing press in Nasik, Maharashtra. According to Rezwan Razak, co-author of "The Revised Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money ...