36 Incredible Facts About U.S. Banknotes 1. Paper Money on the Continent Predates the Country 2. The First Federal Government Printing of Paper Money Started in 1861 3. The First Treasury Bills Were Worth Less Than a Dollar 4. The Constitution Only Allows Coins 5. Banks Used to Print Money 6. Some 8,000 Different Institutions Once Made Notes 7. U.S. Currency Does Not Expire 8. There Once Was a $10,000 Note 9. Now $100 Bills Are the Largest Denomination 10. Hawaii Got Its Own Notes During World War II 11. $1.571 Billion in Bills Currently Circulates 12. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Makes 38 Million Notes Each Day 13. A Pound of U.S. Notes Contains 490 Bills 14. U.S. Bills Are 2.61 Inches Wide 15. From 1996 to 2000, U.S. Currency Was Redesigned 16. From 2003 to 2008, U.S. Notes Were Again Redesigned 17. The New Bills Look Larger 18. Most Bills Have Security Threads 19. The New $100 Bill Has a 3D Blue Ribbon 20. The $1 Bill Accounts for 45 Percent of All Currency Production 21. Every Note Has a Unique Serial Number 22. Even Torn in Half, a Bill Is Still Legal Tender 23. Paper Money Isn’t Paper 24. Crane Currency Produces the Bill Material 25. U.S. Notes Are Durable 26. You Only See Dead People 27. It’s Green On the Back 28. The Lifespan of a $100 Bill Is… 29. The Lifespan of a $1 Bill Is… 30. And the Lifespan of a $10 Bill Is… 31. Bills Are No Match For Coins in Terms of Longevity 32. About 30,000 Claims About Damaged Currency Are Processed Annually 33. Notes Removed From Circulation Are Shredded 34. Your $1 Bill Probably Is Contaminated 35. Andrew Jackson Didn’t Believe in Paper Money 36. Andrew Jackson’s $20 Is Changing