WATCH: See How US Currency is Made

Ever wonder how money was made?

According to the United States Currency website , “Before a Federal Reserve note enters circulation, it must pass through four critical steps: design, order, production, and issuance.”

The video below follows a few steps of the production process. Of course the way counterfeiting is set up, they can’t show us a step by step.

I wonder what kind of security clearance is required for a job like this. I wonder how many people get fired for trying to steal a couple of sheets from time to time. I wonder what the security is like at the facilities. I have so many questions.

It’s amazing that something as essential to our daily lives is literally just printed paper. Whether it’s a $1 bill or a $100 bill, it’s still the same paper.