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As Plastic Reigns, the Treasury Slows Its Printing Presses

  • 06.07.2011
  • BINYAMIN APPELBAUM, nytimes.com
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The number of dollar bills rolling off the great government presses here and in Fort Worth fell to a modern low last year. Production of $5 bills also dropped to the lowest level in 30 years. And for the first time in that period, the Treasury Department did not print any $10 bills.

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