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Explore inside money printing plants of countries around the world

In countries like the US, China or Russia, every money printing process is strictly controlled and quality assured.

Author: Isabella Humphrey3 minutes read

In countries like the US, China or Russia, every money printing process is strictly controlled and quality assured.

BEP - US Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a national money printer, responsible for designing and printing all US banknotes, located on Road 14 and Road C, southwest of Washington, DC US money-printing factories are usually open to visitors, not as secure as in many countries.

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(Photo: Washington, DC).

The BEP factory started money printing activities more than 150 years ago. It is estimated that BEP prints $ 500 million a day.

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The printing of American money is completely different from design to ink and paper.

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(Photo: Moneyfactory).

The dollar looks and feels differently because of the composition of printed paper including 75 percent cotton and 25 percent linen.

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The back of the notes will be printed first.

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(Photo: Washington, DC).

After the back is finished printing, the technician starts checking for errors.

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(Photo: Moneyfactory).

The notes are then left dry for 3 days before being printed on the front.

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Chengdu Money Printing Factory, a member of China National Money Printing and Printing Group, is located in Sichuan Province.

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(Photo: West China Metropolis Daily).

China's yuan production process goes through 10 steps. The first stage is to choose paper.

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(Photo: Gizmochina).

The main ingredient of paper to print Chinese money is cotton.

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(Photo: West China Metropolis Daily).

Workers check the quality of money printing paper before being sent to the machine to print money.

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(Photo: Gizmochina).

After successful printing, money will have to go through a quality inspection.

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(Photo: Gizmochina).

In Russia, the special agency undertook the task of printing the country's banknotes and coins as Perm's factory (Goznak).

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(Photo: sputniknews).

Blank sheets of paper that are used to print money are specially formulated.

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(Photo: Sputniknews).

The factory staff will check the quality carefully after each stage.

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(Photo: Sputniknews).

Money is printed on large paper sizes, then transferred to a cutting machine to become a standard banknote.

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(Photo: Sputniknews).

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