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The high-tech, super-secure government warehouse where old cash dies

An employee moves containers of currency to the processing room at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's branch office in Baltimore in July. Photo for The Washington Post by Hannah Yoon
Washington Post
Rachel Siegel, Joy Sharon Yi, Hannah Yoon & Emily Wright

The $5 bill in your wallet. The $20 bill in the cash register. The $100 bill at the bank. You may be using less cash day-to-day, but some $2 trillion of paper currency keeps the economy churning so that people can exchange, handle and spend money with ease.

But wait, does that $20 bill have a tear down the middle? Did someone take a Sharpie to that $100…