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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1365684, member: 11668&quot;]It&#039;s also worth noting that, up until 1983, new currency *was* always shipped to its &quot;home&quot; FRB.&nbsp; Lifting that restriction allowed the BEP to streamline its production schedule.&nbsp; Nowadays, the printing of each denomination tends to rotate through the district alphabet just once per year.&nbsp; Still, the quantity of notes printed for each district matches the number ordered by that district (which is why there are a lot of B&#039;s and L&#039;s, and not so many I&#039;s...).</p><p><br /></p><p>In the very early days of the Federal Reserve, even *circulated* currency was sorted and returned to its home district for reissue.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure when they dropped that policy, but it was a long time ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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