In 2010, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the UnitedStates printed 26 million notes… every day! They have twofacilities where the notes are printed: Washington, DC and FortWorth, TX and the average cost to produce a banknote ranges from3-12 cents, with an average of 9.6 cents per note.US paper currency is designed with numerous anti-counterfeitingsecurity features (both covert and overt), such as watermarks,micro-printing, security threads that glow under UV light, serialnumbers, federal reserve markers and low vision numerals. TheSecurity Features Development Group within the Bureau works veryclosely with the Secret Service and Federal Reserve Bank to designanti-counterfeiting features.