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Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that designs and produces U.S. currency (Federal Reserve Notes), postage stamps, and other official U.S. government security documents. BEP offers a U.S. Currency Reader Program for the visually impaired and provides a mutilated currency redemption service.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Currency, Engraving, Federal Government, Money, and Printing.

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20.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
3 APIs
CurrencyEngravingFederal GovernmentMoneyPrintingSecurity Printing

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 20.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

BEP U.S. Currency Reader Program

The BEP U.S. Currency Reader Program provides free currency readers to blind and visually impaired individuals in the United States, enabling them to identify Federal Reserve No...

BEP Mutilated Currency Redemption

The BEP redeems severely damaged or mutilated Federal Reserve Notes as a free public service. Citizens can submit damaged currency for examination and potential redemption.

BEP Data and Publications

BEP publishes currency production figures, annual reports, and historical data about Federal Reserve Note printing. Data is available via data.gov for programmatic access.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Bureau Of Engraving And Printing Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Bureau Of Engraving And Printing Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Bureau Of Engraving And Printing Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Bureau Of Engraving And Printing Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Data Portal
Data Portal

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 About
About

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Currency Features
Currency Features

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bureau-of-engraving-and-printing
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bureau-of-engraving-and-printing/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
tags:
- Currency
- Engraving
- Federal Government
- Money
- Printing
- Security Printing
type: Index
kind: government
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bureau-of-engraving-and-printing.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-11-25'
modified: '2026-04-21'
position: Consumer
description: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that designs and
  produces U.S. currency (Federal Reserve Notes), postage stamps, and other official U.S. government security documents. BEP
  offers a U.S. Currency Reader Program for the visually impaired and provides a mutilated currency redemption service.
apis:
- aid: bureau-of-engraving-and-printing:bep-currency-reader-program
  name: BEP U.S. Currency Reader Program
  tags:
  - Accessibility
  - Currency
  - Federal Government
  humanURL: https://www.bep.gov/currency/current-currency-features/uscurrency-reader-program
  properties:
  - url: https://www.bep.gov/currency/current-currency-features/uscurrency-reader-program
    type: Documentation
  description: The BEP U.S. Currency Reader Program provides free currency readers to blind and visually impaired individuals
    in the United States, enabling them to identify Federal Reserve Note denominations using accessible technology.
- aid: bureau-of-engraving-and-printing:bep-mutilated-currency-redemption
  name: BEP Mutilated Currency Redemption
  tags:
  - Currency
  - Federal Government
  - Redemption
  humanURL: https://www.bep.gov/services/mutilated-currency-redemption
  properties:
  - url: https://www.bep.gov/services/mutilated-currency-redemption
    type: Documentation
  description: The BEP redeems severely damaged or mutilated Federal Reserve Notes as a free public service. Citizens can
    submit damaged currency for examination and potential redemption.
- aid: bureau-of-engraving-and-printing:bep-data-catalog
  name: BEP Data and Publications
  tags:
  - Currency
  - Federal Government
  - Publications
  - Statistics
  humanURL: https://www.bep.gov/currency
  properties:
  - url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=bep-gov
    type: DataAPI
  - url: https://www.bep.gov/currency
    type: Documentation
  description: BEP publishes currency production figures, annual reports, and historical data about Federal Reserve Note printing.
    Data is available via data.gov for programmatic access.
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bureau-of-engraving-and-printing-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-engraving-and-printing
- type: Website
  url: https://www.bep.gov/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bep.gov/privacy-policy
- type: Data Portal
  url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=bep-gov
- type: Currency Features
  url: https://www.bep.gov/currency/current-currency-features
- type: About
  url: https://www.bep.gov/about
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.19'