The Federal Bureau of Printing and Engraving

One of the first things the boys and I did was to take a tour of the money making building!  Here is a picture of Dalton and Seth hugging a million dollars.  You can't see the other sign that says this money is being monitored so don't even think of trying to take it.  

The money is made by transferring fine line engravings to steel plates which form an impression on sheets of distinctive paper.  Ink is applied to the plates - each plate containg 32 note impressions (a note is a bill) - and then wiped clean, leaving ink in the engraved lines.  The plate is pressed against the sheet of paper with such pressure that it actually presses the paper into the lines of the plate to pick up the ink. Both faces and backs are printed in this manner, the backs being produced first.  After the faces are printed, the sheets are then typographically overprinted with Treasury Seals and serial numbers. 

This measuring stick shows how much you are worth in $100 dollar bills, by stacking them on top of each other.  In this instance, it pays to be tall.