The start of a new fiscal year for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in October 2010 translated into a delayed release of banknote production figures for the month.
New numbers are now available. The government agency responsible for printing U.S. money reported that it produced 22.4 million more notes in October than in September. However, the value of those notes was the smallest, by far, than in any other month in this year.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing rolled out 519,040,000 banknotes in October 2010 which amounted to only $5,769,600,000 across four denominations. As a comparison, September stats showed 496.6 million notes that were worth more than $29.6 billion.
2010 Monthly Banknote Totals
| # Notes (in millions) |
Total Value (in billions) |
|
| January | 487.000 | $14.100 |
| February | 504.476 | $14.098 |
| March | 605.952 | $22.138 |
| April | 519.136 | $21.735 |
| May | 551.680 | $24.266 |
| June | 547.840 | $22.275 |
| July | 447.872 | $21.325 |
| August | 471.360 | $22.394 |
| September | 496.640 | $29.677 |
| October | 519.040 | $5.769 |
The biggest change between the two months was the lack of $100s. 243+ million fewer were produced in October versus September. What made the BEP busier was the increase of $1s and $10s — nearly 214 million and almost 84 million more, respectively. $10s have now been produced for two months in a row. Previously, they had not made an appearance in the production tables since July 2009. $50s have remained silent since then. $5s were not printed for a third straight month.
October 2010 BEP Money Production
Facility at Washington, DC
Facility at Fort Worth, TX
The BEP also produced millions of $1, $10, $20 and $100 star notes. Those are referenced by the "*" indicators in the above production charts. Star notes are replacements for misprinted notes or certain serial numbers, like 000 000 000. Money collectors generally find them more desirable since they are harder to find.
Bills by Denomination, Volume and Value
October 2010
| Denomination | Total Printed | Total Value |
| $1.00 | 291,200,000 | 291,200,000 |
| $5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| $10.00 | 87,040,000 | 870,400,000 |
| $20.00 | 118,400,000 | 2,368,000,000 |
| $50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| $100.00 | 22,400,000 | 2,240,000,000 |
| October 2010 Totals | 519,040,000 | 5,769,600,000 |
Spread across the 31 days in October, the BEP averaged over 16.7 million notes per day for an average daily value of more than $186.1 million.
The previous monthly production figures are shown below:
September 2010
| Denomination | Total Printed | Total Value |
| $1.00 | 77,440,000 | 77,440,000 |
| $5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| $10.00 | 3,200,000 | 32,000,000 |
| $20.00 | 150,400,000 | 3,008,000,000 |
| $50.00 | 0 | 0 |
| $100.00 | 265,600,000 | 26,560,000,000 |
| September 2010 Totals | 496,640,000 | 29,677,440,000 |
