Honor cords. An honor cord is a token consisting of twisted cords with tassels on either end awarded to members of honor societies or for various academic and non-academic achievements, awards, or honors. Usually, cords come in pairs with a knot in the middle to hold them together.
U.S. Currency. How Money is Made - Paper and Ink. The paper and ink used in the production of U.S. paper currency is as distinct as its design. The paper, with the exception of $100 paper, comes to the BEP in brown paper-wrapped loads of 20,000 sheets (two pallets of 10,000 sheets). $100 paper comes to the BEP in loads of 16,000 sheets (two pallets of 8,000).
Take out a one dollar bill, and look at it. The one dollar bill you're looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We've all washed it without it falling apart.