Making Money

Where is money produced in the United States?

• Federal Reserve Bank

• Bureau of Engraving and Printing

• mint

• mill

Money is printed on ordinary paper.

• True

• False

Dollar bills are made of paper_______________.

• that is made out of wood pulp.

• that is part cotton and part linen.

• that is recycled.

• that is washed and dried.

The new bills have special features that make them difficult to copy, or ​ ​ (a)  

• stamp
• wash
• process
• reproduce.

Another word for currency is ​ (a)   .

• money
• bill
• coin
• mint
• imprint

What does stamping mean?

• bank

• currency

• imprint

• mint

Place the following in sequence of events

• fourth

• blanks are heated to soften them for stamping

• third

• coins are counted, bagged, and taken to the Federal Reserve Banks

• first

• an upsetting mill makes the ridges of the rims of the coins

• fifth

• coins are stamped with official designs and imspected

• second

• blanks are cut from sheets of metal

Match the following words to their synonym or definition

• reproduce

• money

• stamping

• imprint

• currency

• copy

What happens right after the coins are stamped?

• each coin is stamped with the official design

• each coin is washed and dried

• each coin is sent through the upsetting mill

• each newly-made coin is inspected

What happens right before the coins are inspected?

(a)  

• The coins are sent through the upsetting mill.
• The coins are stamped with the official design.
• The coins are washed and dried
• The coins are counted and bagged.