September 16, 2009
“The current US one dollar bill isn’t like this one. It’s more of a whore than great history. It’s more of a doomed marriage than legal tender.” The US one dollar bill is paper money worth one hundred US cents. One dollar is written $1.00. US currency bills are are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long; they are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram. Bills are composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton; red and blue synthetic fibers are distributed throughout the paper. It costs the US government 4.2 cents to produce a U.S. bill. US currency bills are printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). The BEP prints about 16,650,000 one dollar bills each day. Most of these are used to replace worn, older bills (which are shredded). According to the US Treasury, there are billions of one dollar bills in circulation. The average dollar bill has a life span of about 18-22 months.

“The current US one dollar bill isn’t like this one. It’s more of a whore than great history. It’s more of a doomed marriage than legal tender.”

The US one dollar bill is paper money worth one hundred US cents. One dollar is written $1.00.

US currency bills are are 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long; they are .0043 inches thick and weigh 1 gram.

Bills are composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton; red and blue synthetic fibers are distributed throughout the paper.

It costs the US government 4.2 cents to produce a U.S. bill. US currency bills are printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). The BEP prints about 16,650,000 one dollar bills each day. Most of these are used to replace worn, older bills (which are shredded). According to the US Treasury, there are billions of one dollar bills in circulation.

The average dollar bill has a life span of about 18-22 months.

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