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- From: ldoering@engin.umich.edu (Laurence Doering)
- Subject: Re: I Live to FAQ!
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 19:35:37 EST
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
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- In article <1992Dec22.194453.27356@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> 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:
-
- Well, lessee... according to the contents of _my_ wallet, the following
- gaps are filled:
-
- > Boston, MA 1 A
- New York, NY 2 B
- Philadelphia, PA 3 C
- > Cleveland, OH 4 D
- > 5 E
- Atlanta, GA 6 F
- > Chicago, IL 7 G
- > 8 H
- Minneapolis, MN 9 I
- > 10 J
- > 11 K
- > San Francisco, CA 12 L
-
- Also, looking closely at Lincoln's beard (on my Minneapolis $5 bill, series
- 1988 A), you can see the name "Nina" several times in the cross-hatching.
- Was Al Hirschfeld responsible for the design or something?
-
- Larry "Einbahnstrasse" Doering
-