From printing costs to projected lifespans, fresh Federal Reserve figures offer insight into the true economics behind America’s paper currency.

Researchers have uncovered previously unknown money-printing innovations developed by Benjamin Franklin, and one of them told Newsweek which one of those innovations served a double purpose. Franklin, ...

A papermaker in Massachusetts named Zenas Marshall Crane is traditionally credited with being the first to include tiny fibers in the paper pulp used to print currency in 1844. But scientists at the ...

Scarcer than 1¢ and 2¢ notes, 3¢ issues reflect the evolution of fractional currency during America’s coin shortages.