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America's Money Vault

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  • US $20 banknotes at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
  • A wall of gold bars in the New York Fed gold vault.
  • Officers escort a gold shipment being delivered to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  • Each new shipment of gold that arrives to the New York Fed is meticulously weighed on a balance scale that can measure down to one one-thousandth of a troy ounce.
  • Host Jake Ward passes through the doors of the Gold Vault in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  • Jewelry is melted down and forged into a gold bar in Dimitry Nezhinsky's workshop.
  • A shipment of gold bars arrives at the New York Fed.
  • This shipment of gold, comprised of around 80 bars, weighs approximately 2,200 pounds.
  • This stack of US twenties, is prepared to be packaged and shipped out of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
  • Newly printed banknotes move through the COPE-Pak - Currency Overprinting and Processing Equipment, Packaging - production process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
  • At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a sheet of steel is engraved with a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the centerpiece of the design for the US twenty dollar bill.
  • A freshly printed sheet of US twenties at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
  • Chris Madden, Master Engraver at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, uses a burin tool to engrave Andrew Jackson's hair for banknote production.
  • An employee seals the gold vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  • Jake Ward walks in front of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
  • The seal of the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors.
  • $100 banknotes being processed for shipment at EROC - the East Rutherford Operations Center.
  • Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, waits for his interview with National Geographic Television.
  • Twenty dollar bank notes being processed after printing at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

  • Printing Money

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    US $20 banknotes at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

  • Wall of Gold

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    A wall of gold bars in the New York Fed gold vault.

  • Valuable Delivery

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Officers escort a gold shipment being delivered to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  • Perfect Balance

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Each new shipment of gold that arrives to the New York Fed is meticulously weighed on a balance scale that can measure down to one one-thousandth of a troy ounce.

  • Gold on Lockdown

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Host Jake Ward passes through the doors of the Gold Vault in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  • Liquid Gold

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Jewelry is melted down and forged into a gold bar in Dimitry Nezhinsky's workshop.

  • A Golden Moment

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    A shipment of gold bars arrives at the New York Fed.

  • The Weight of Gold

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    This shipment of gold, comprised of around 80 bars, weighs approximately 2,200 pounds.

  • Stack of Bills

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    This stack of US twenties, is prepared to be packaged and shipped out of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

  • Money Roulette

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Newly printed banknotes move through the COPE-Pak - Currency Overprinting and Processing Equipment, Packaging - production process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

  • Steel Engraving

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a sheet of steel is engraved with a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the centerpiece of the design for the US twenty dollar bill.

  • Hot Off the Presses

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    A freshly printed sheet of US twenties at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

  • Super Fine Tuning

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Chris Madden, Master Engraver at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, uses a burin tool to engrave Andrew Jackson's hair for banknote production.

  • Securing the Gold

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    An employee seals the gold vault of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Jake Ward walks in front of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

  • Federal Reserve Seal

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    The seal of the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors.

  • Money Bundles

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    $100 banknotes being processed for shipment at EROC - the East Rutherford Operations Center.

  • Ben Bernanke

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, waits for his interview with National Geographic Television.

  • The Cash Conveyer

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Twenty dollar bank notes being processed after printing at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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