Stacks of bills are costly to print when most proposals go nowhere, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco of Schenectady says. He wants to end printing of bills, but his own proposal must be printed on paper ...

In 2014 and 2016, Federal Reserve facilities in both D.C. and Fort Worth sent out orders to print the same serial numbers, which turned out to be $1 bills from New York in 2013 — but bills that ...

That cost includes the paper, ink, labor, and “direct overhead costs” to print the $2 bill, according to the Federal Reserve. The variable costs for $1 bills are the same.

The Fed placed its 2024 currency order in July, with an anticipated volume of $50 bills in the range of 99,200,000 to 211,200,000 notes, less than one-third of the 2022 printing.

That cost includes the paper, ink, labor, and “direct overhead costs” to print the $2 bill, according to the Federal Reserve. The variable costs for $1 bills are the same.