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- From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
- Subject: Re: I Live to FAQ!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.215248.24340@news.unomaha.edu>
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- Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 21:52:48 GMT
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- ldoering@engin.umich.edu writes:
- > 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
- Dallas 11 K (this explains JFK)
- > > San Francisco, CA 12 L
-
- I believe that Kansas City and St. Louis are sites as well. Being a poor
- college student, I only had $5 in my pocket. Geographically and beaureau-
- cratically, I would think that Denver would also have a Federal Reserve Bank.
- >
- > 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?
-
- No, but look at the postage stamps that Hirschfeld designed a few years ago.
-
- Torsten at Omaha, a branch city of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank
-