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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: I Live to FAQ!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.221928.13050@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec22.194453.27356@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:19:28 GMT
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- barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards) writes:
- :
- : The numbers and letters do, in fact correspond to the Federal Reserve Bank
- : that issues the note. The large black letter that appears in the middle of
- : the Federal Reserve Bank seal (the black seal to the left of the portrait),
- : the letter at the beginning of the serial number, and the four black numbers
- : that appear towards each of the four corners, but still within the white
- : area of the bill, all correspond to the issuing Federal Reserve Bank. The
- : banks are numbered (and lettered in the order in which they were
- : established. An incomplete list of the banks (going by what I presently
- : have in my wallet) follows:
- :
- : Boston, MA 1 A
- : > New York, NY 2 B
- : 3 C
- : Cleveland, OH 4 D
- : 5 E
- : > Atlanta, GA 6 F
- : Chicago, IL 7 G
- : > St. Louis, MO 8 H
- : 9 I
- : 10 J
- : 11 K
- : San Francisco, CA 12 L
-
- Bill
-