📖 A Dollar Bill's Journey

The book is literally the title's name: A Dollar Bill's Journey. A new dollar bill is made. Can you guess how many steps it takes for a new bill to be made? Perhaps you're thinking 10 or 42. Wrong, it takes more than 65 steps! Special ink and materials are used so that it's durable and people can see if the money is fake or not. This book follows a dollar bills journey. Through shops, food, tips, markets, carnivals and libraries until reaching a federal reserve bank. It's shredded and compacted with others into a block. Then it can be used for cute stationary, house insulation or even art. 100 dollar bills can last up to 80 months while 5 dollar bills have only about 16 months. Follow a dollar's journey and find out the painstaking process of money!

这本书的内容正如书名所说:《一张美元钞票的旅程》。 一张崭新的美元钞票是怎样制造出来的呢?你能猜到需要多少个步骤吗?也许你会猜 10 步,或者 42 步。错了!一张新钞票的制作过程要经过 **65 多个步骤**! 制作钞票时会使用特殊的油墨和材料,使钞票更加耐用,同时也方便人们辨别真假钞票。 这本书讲述了一张美元钞票的一生:它从制造出来开始,流经商店、餐馆、小费、市场、嘉年华和图书馆,最后来到一家联邦储备银行。到了那里,它会和其他旧钞票一起被切碎、压缩,最终变成一个块状物。 之后,这些材料还可以被重新利用,比如制作可爱的文具、房屋隔热材料,甚至艺术作品。 不同面值的钞票寿命也不一样:**100 美元钞票最长可以使用约 80 个月,而 5 美元钞票的寿命只有大约 16 个月。** 跟随一张美元钞票的旅程,你就能了解一张钞票从诞生到最终退出流通的全过程,以及制造和处理货币背后那令人惊叹的复杂过程!