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F ederal Reserve Bank of Dallas
F IS C A L A G E N T O F T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S

DALLAS, TEXAS

75222
Circular No. 71-255
O ctober 26, 1971

NEW OFFERING — TREASURY BILLS
To All Banking institutions and Others Concerned
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:
Your attention is invited to the following statem ent giving details of two issues of Treasury bills:
T he T reasury D epartm ent, by this public notice, invites tenders for two series of T reasury bills to th e aggregate am ount
of $3,900,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for T reasury bills m aturing N ovem ber 4, 1971, in th e am ount of
$3,700,820,000 as follows:
91-DAY B IL L S (to m aturity d ate) to be issued N ovember 4, 1971, in th e am ount of $2,300,000,000, or there­
abouts, representing an additional am ount of bills dated August 5, 1971, and to m ature F ebruary 3, 1972
(C U S IP No. 912793 M L 7 ), originally issued in th e am ount of $1,600,870,000, th e additional and original
bills to be freely interchangeable.
182-DAY B IL L S for $1,600,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated N ovem ber 4, 1971, and to m ature M ay 4, 1972
(C U S IP No. 912793 M Z 6).
T h e bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis under com petitive and noncom petitive bidding as hereinafter
provided, and a t m aturity their face am ount will be payable w ithout interest. T hey will be issued in bearer form only, and in
denom inations of $10,000, $15,000, $50,000, $100,000 $500,000 and $1,000,000 (m atu rity v alue).
T enders will be received a t Federal R eserve Banks and Branches up to th e closing hour, one-thirty p.m., E astern
Standard Tim e, M onday, Novem ber 1, 1971. T enders will not be received a t the T reasury D epartm ent, W ashington. Each
tender m ust be for a m inim um of $10,000. T enders over $10,000 m ust be in m ultiples of $5,000. In th e case of com petitive
tenders th e price offered m ust be expressed on the basis of 100, w ith not more th a n three decimals, e.g., 99.925. Fractions may
not be used. I t is urged th a t tenders be m ade on th e p rinted forms and forwarded in th e special envelopes which will be
supplied by F ederal R eserve Banks or Branches on application therefor.
B anking institutions generally m ay subm it tenders for account of customers provided th e names of the customers are
set forth in such tenders. O thers th an banking institutions will not be perm itted to subm it tenders except for their own account.
T enders will be received w ithout deposit from incorporated banks and tru st companies and from responsible an d recognized
dealers in investm ent securities. Tenders from others m ust be accom panied by paym ent of 2 percent of th e face am ount of
Treasury bills applied for, unless the tenders are accom panied by an express guaranty of paym ent by an incorporated bank or
tru st company.
Im m ediately after th e closing hour, tenders will be opened a t th e F ederal Reserve B anks and Branches, following which
public announcem ent will be made by th e T reasury D ep artm en t of th e am ount and price range of accepted bids. Only those
subm itting com petitive tenders will be advised of th e acceptance or rejection thereof. T h e Secretary of the T reasury expressly
reserves th e right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in p art, and his action in any such respect shall be final. Sub­
ject to these reservations, noncom petitive tenders for each issue for $200,000 or less w ithout stated price from any one bidder will
be accepted in full a t the average price (in three decimals) of accepted com petitive bids for the respective issues. S ettlem ent for
accepted tenders in accordance w ith the bids m ust be m ade or com pleted a t the F ederal Reserve B ank on N ovem ber 4, 1971,
in cash or other im m ediately available funds or in a like face am ount of T reasury bills m aturing Novem ber 4, 1971. Cash and
exchange tenders will receive equal treatm ent. Cash adjustm ents will be made for differences between th e p ar value of m aturing
bills accepted in exchange and th e issue price of the new bills.
U nder Sections 454 (b ) and 1221 (5 ) of th e Internal R evenue Code of 1954 th e am ount of discount a t which bills issued
hereunder are sold is considered to accrue when th e bills are sold, redeem ed or otherwise disposed of, and th e bills are excluded
from consideration as capital assets. Accordingly, th e owner of T reasury bills (other th an life insurance com panies) issued here­
under m ust include in his income tax return, as ordinary gain or loss, the difference between th e price paid for the bills, w hether on
original issue or on subsequent purchase, and th e am ount actually received either upon sale or redem ption a t m aturity during the
taxable year for which the return is made.
T reasury D epartm ent Circular No. 418 (current revision) and this notice, prescribe th e term s of th e T reasury bills and
govern th e conditions of th eir issue. Copies of the circular m ay be obtained from any Federal Reserve B ank or Branch.

In accordance with the above announcement, tenders will be received a t this bank a n d its branches a t El Paso,
Houston and San Antonio up to twelve-thirty p.m., Central Standard Time, Monday, November 1, 1971. Tenders may
not be entered by telephone.
Yours very truly,
P. E. Coldwell
______________
President
LAST PREVIOUS OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS
Amount, R ange and A pproxim ate Y ield of Accepted T enders
91-Day Bills
182-Day Bills
D ue Jan u ary 27, 1972
D ue A pril 27, 1972
$4,154,650,000---------- ------- -------------- ------------- T o tal Applied F o r_______________________________ $2,982,875,000
$2,301,750,000___________________ ___________ .Total A ccepted________________________________ $1,600,410,000
Price
Y ield
Price
Y ield
98.882---------------- 4.423% ----------------------------------------- H igh____________________ 97.717_______
4.516%
98.872......
.4.462% ---------------------------------------- Low_____________________97.700___________ 4.549%
98.877---------------- .4.443% ( 1 ) ------------------------- Average_______________________ 97.710___________ .4.530% (1 )
( 1 ) T h e s e r a t e s a r e o n a b a n k d i s c o u n t b a s is . T h e e q u i v a l e n t c o u p o n i s s u e y i e l d s a r e 4 . 5 7 % f o r t h e 9 1 - d a y b i l l s a n d 4 . 7 1 % f o r t h e
1 8 2 - d a y b ills .

(S ee reverse for tend er form )

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TENDER FOR ADDITION TO TREASURY BILLS

91 DAYS TO MATURITY
Dated August 5,1971

Maturing February 3, 1972

To: Federal Reserve Bank, Station K, Dallas, Texas 75222
or —
The
__________________ Branch
El Paso 79999 Houston 77001

San Antonio 78295

(D ate)

Pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Department Circular No. 418 (current revision) and the provisions of th e
public announcement issued by the Treasury Department, the undersigned offers to purchase Treasury bills in the amount
shown below, and agrees to pay for the amount allotted, on or before the issue date, by the method and a t the rate indicated.

NONCOMPETITIVE TENDER $

NOT TO EXCEED $200,000

Noncompetitive tenders for $200,000 or less from any one bidder, without stated price, will be accepted in full a t the average
price (in three decimals) of accepted competitive bids.
______________ @ ________$_______________________
Prices should be ex­
pressed on the basis of

COMPETITIVE TENDERS f'$-----------------------@--------- $ _ -------------------------

i

.
e. g., 99.925. Fractions
>$----------------------------@ ----------- $------------------------------------------must not be used.

TENDERS MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED BY TELEPHONE. TENDERS BY WIRE, IF RECEIVED BEFORE TH E
CLOSING HOUR, ARE ACCEPTABLE.
Denominations Desired
Payment for this issue of bills cannot be made by
N um ber of
.
credit to Treasury Tax and Loan Account.
M a tu rity V alue
METHOD OF PAYMENT

<® $ 10,000
(cb $ 15,000
<® $ 50,000
<a ? 100,000
@ $ 500,000
. (cb $1,000,000

$

□

$
$
?
$
$

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□
□

Charge our reserve account on payment
date
^ Draft enclosed ( E f f e c t u a l d e l i v e r y o f e n c l o s e d d r a f t

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Delivery Instructions:
□ Hold in Custody Account Member
banks for own account only
□ Pledge to secure Treasury Tax and
Loan Account
□

By maturing bills
held by----------------------------------------Payment to be made by_

s h a ll be o n la t e s t d a y w h ic h w ill p e r m i t p r e s e n t m e n t i n
o r d e r to o b t a i n irr e v o c a b ly collected f u n d s o n p a y m e n t
d ate)

(S u b s c r ib e r 's full n a m e o r c o rp o r a te title )

_____________________________________
(A ddress)

By--------

( A u t h o r i z e d o f fi c ia l s i g n a t u r e a n d t i t l e )

Ship to—------------------------------------------------------------( F o r t h e a c c o u n t of , i f t e n d e r is f o r a n o t h e r s u b s c r i b e r )

(A ddress)

IMPORTANT
1. No tender for less than $10,000 will be considered and each tender over $10,000 must be for an amount in multiples of
$5,000 (m aturity value).
2. Tenders should be forwarded in an envelope clearly addressed to this bank or appropriate branch as Fiscal Agent of th e
United States, with notation on the envelope reading “TENDER FOR TREASURY OFFERING”. Since envelopes
received with this legend will not be opened until after the closing time specified in the public announcement, communi­
cations relating to other m atters should not be enclosed. Envelopes for submitting tenders may be obtained from th is
bank or appropriate branch.
3. Any qualified or conditional tender will be rejected.
4. If a corporation makes the tender, the form should be signed by an oflicer of the corporation authorized to make th e
tender and the signing of the form by an officer of the corporation will be construed as a representation by him th a t he
has been so authorized. If the tender is made by a partnership it should be signed by a member of the firm, who
should sign in the form “__________________________ , a copartnership, by---------------------------------------------------------- _
a member of the firm.”
5. Tenders from those other than incorporated banks and tru st companies or responsible and recognized dealers in invest­
ment securities will be disregarded, unless accompanied by a deposit of 2 percent of the total amount (m aturity value)
of the Treasury bills applied for, or unless the tenders are accompanied by an express guaranty of full payment by an
incorporated bank or tru st company.
6. If the language of this form is changed in any respect, which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury is
' m aterial, the tender may be disregarded.
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(S ee re v e rse f o r a n n ou ncem en t)