WEEK #388 - BEP fans!

[Moon]

QUESTION:

 

Overprinting, note examination and packaging were 3 separate tasks performed in the BEP years ago. What helped make these processes quicker and more efficient?

 

 

Good Luck!

 

Our first place winner will receive a coupon for 1 note graded under the Standard grading tier. (You must have an active account with PMG, call PMG for details) There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

 

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[Coindude]

High speed cameras and computers.

[mhardin2413]

computerized processes?

[ritter]

by using the dry intaglio process

[namvette68]

micro scannners

[jackson64]

private sector employees instead of government or union labor?

[gottahaveit-migration]

COMPUTER AIDED PHOTOGRAPHY AND ROBOTICS HAS GREATLY INCREASED THE PRODUCTION, INSPECTION AND PACKAGING BY THE BEP. THANKS

[Rooster-migration]

New overprint presses that package and inspect

[dan8402]

The use of star notes?

[Moon]

QUESTION:

 

Overprinting, note examination and packaging were 3 separate tasks performed in the BEP years ago. What helped make these processes quicker and more efficient?

 

 

ANSWER:

 

The COPE-PAK (Currency Overprinting, Processing Equipment and Packaging) machines were introduced in 1985 to allow these jobs to be done in 1 area instead of 3 separate areas of the BEP.

 

 

No winner this week.

 

 

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