Article: Fort Worth, Texas, Currency Plant to Unveil Visitors Center, New $50 Bill.

By Bill Teeter, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 26--FORT WORTH, Texas -- When Ken Johnson tells people what he does for a living, they tend to ask the same question.

"Can you get any free samples?" he said.

Johnson works as a plate printer at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility in far north Fort Worth. His view of the plant's operations has been pretty exclusive, given the tight security required at the cash factory.

That will change Tuesday, when the facility opens a visitors center for the first time, allowing the public a chance to watch dollars roll off the ...

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