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- From: sasbmt@jjoyce.unx.sas.com (Bruce Tindall)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Federal Reserve Notes (Re: I Live to FAQ!)
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 22:21:11 GMT
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- Other Federal Reserve Bank codes are "B" = New York; "C" = Philadelphia;
- "E" = Richmond, Virginia.
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- ObUL: The car on the back of the $10 is a Hupmobile. (Mentioned
- on National Public Radio recently.)
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- ObUL2: One of the flags on the Treasury building on the back
- of the $10 is flying upside down. (Old and widespread UL;
- different versions of the UL ascribe different reasons.)
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- ObUL3: If you look at it right, the shrubbery around the Lincoln
- Memorial on the back of the $5 is in the shape of some digits.
- No one knows what they stand for. (This is covered in one of the
- _Rumor!_ books.)
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- ObFAQfodder: A couple of years ago, a book was published explaining
- the significance of all kinds of numbers, such as the digits in your
- Social Security number, all the various numbers on U.S. paper money,
- why telephone area codes are the way they are, etc. Can't remember
- the title. It was featured by various book clubs. Anybody know it?
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- Bruce "36-year-old child wants pictures of Hupmobiles" Tindall
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- Bruce Tindall, Core Testing Mgr., SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C. 27513
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