U.S. Bureau Of Engraving And Printing - BEP

It sounds like a government-sponsored place to call when you need your name carved into a bowling trophy. But the BEP actually fulfills one of the most central jobs in the U.S. economy: printing the money. Each time you pull a wadded up bill out of your pocket and shove it into a vending machine to get your Cheeto fix, you can thank the U.S. Bureau Of Engraving And Printing.

Part of the Department of Treasury, the BE prints the paper money, but it doesn't make the coins; that's the job of the U.S. Mint. In addition, the BEP performs a number of other non-monetary printing jobs. We were jk about the bowling trophy thing, but the bureau also takes charge of printing things like award certificates and those fancy invitations you receive if you get to go to a state dinner.