EP#370: Making Money the Hard Way

Denes Szabo

Denes was born and raised in Colorado. His parents owned a machine shop where Denes worked from a young age till 50. Denes now runs the tooling department at the US Mint Denver.

Topics

• What is the process of getting US currency made?
  • Making changes and updates?
  • How does this differ from other currencies?
• What goes into creating the tooling?
  • Materials
  • Files for creating the tools
  • How are they approved
• Quality controls on currency manufacturing
• Producing at scale
• Inventory and Logistics