[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 31, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 31CFR601.2]



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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY

 

CHAPTER VI--BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 601_DISTINCTIVE PAPER FOR UNITED STATES CURRENCY AND OTHER SECURITIES

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Sec. 601.2  Description of paper.



    The paper utilized in the printing of United States currency and 

public debt issues is cream-white bank note paper which must contain 

security features prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. All 

currency paper shall contain distinctive fibers, colored red and blue, 

incorporated in the body of the paper while in the process of 

manufacture and evenly distributed throughout. In addition to 

distinctive red and blue fibers, currency paper shall contain, for 

denominations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, security 

threads embedded beneath the surface of the paper during the 

manufacturing process. Security threads shall contain graphics 

consisting of the designation ``USA'' and the denomination of the 

currency, expressed in alphabetic or numeric characters. In addition to 

the security thread, for the denominations prescribed by the Secretary 

of the Treasury, the paper will bear a watermark identical to the 

portrait to be printed on the paper.