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- From: jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (Joel K. Furr)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: I Live to FAQ!
- Message-ID: <BzorBz.5zA@polaris.async.vt.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:14:22 GMT
- References: <5522.434.uupcb@ehbbs.gwinnett.com> <1992Dec22.194453.27356@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
- Organization: Virginia Center for Lemur Fandom (subscribe to alt.fan.lemurs TODAY)
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- In article <1992Dec22.194453.27356@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> barth@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (barth.richards) writes:
- >In article <5522.434.uupcb@ehbbs.gwinnett.com> curt.tucker@ehbbs.gwinnett.com
- >(Curt Tucker) writes:
- >>I've heard this for years and have found no counter-example. The
- >>Numbers/letters may or may not correspond to particular regional Federal
- >>Reserve Banks. I bet the Fed or the Treasury Dept. would explain if
- >>anyone cared enough to call.
- >
- >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
- Richmond, VA 5 E
- > 6 F
- > Chicago, IL 7 G
- > 8 H
- > 9 I
- > 10 J
- > 11 K
- > San Francisco, CA 12 L
-