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4 unusual facts about Bureau of Engraving and Printing


Coil waste

Instead of discarding these, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing processed them through the flat-plate perforating machine to finish them as fully perforated stamps.

Frank P. Sargent

Sargent was first tapped for government service during the Republican administration of William McKinley, when he declined appointment to head the nation's currency-issuing authority, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Owen Thomas Edgar

After the war, he worked at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for 21 years, then worked at a bank for another 31 years.

Truman N. Burrill

Truman N. Burrill (1832–1896) was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1883 to 1885.


Alvin W. Hall

In 1922, United States Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon appointed Hall to a special committee designed to review the procedures of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Demand Note

Because the Bureau of Engraving and Printing did not exist at the time, the American Bank Note Company and National Bank Note Company were contracted to create Demand Notes.

Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990

It also called for establishment of the following special pay plans: Senior Level (SL) employees (non-supervisory and non-managerial employees classified above grade 15 of the General Schedule), administrative law judges (AL), members of the Boards of Contract Appeals (CA), certain law enforcement officers, employees in the Senior Biomedical Service, and police of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the United States Mint.

Tim Prusmack

Prusmack had a policy of sending a copy of each of his works to the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing as well as the U.S. Mint office; he earned many friends there including Mary Ellen Withrow, the U.S. Treasurer.

Who's Minding the Mint?

The film uses the term "mint" colloquially, as paper currency is actually produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing whereas only coins are produced by the U.S. Mint.


see also

Peter Daly

:For the U.S. Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, see Peter H. Daly.