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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK [ Circular No. 1228, May 10, 1933 "I Supplement to Circular No. 1194, I as supplemented. J To all Banking Institutions in the Second Federal Reserve District: Supplementing information given in our circulars Nos. 1194, 1198, 1201, 1203, 1208, 1212, 1217, and 1223, the following additions should be made to the list of banking institutions in the Second Federal Reserve District which have been licensed to resume full banking operations: MEMBER BANKS NEW YORK STATE Clifton Springs The Ontario National Bank of Clifton Springs Heuvelton The First National Bank of Heuvelton Jeffersonville The First National Bank of Jeffersonville Newark Valley The First National Bank of Newark Valley Port Leyden The Port Leyden National Bank Ticonderoga The Ticonderoga National Bank NEW MEMBER BANK The following State banking institution, previously licensed to resume full banking operations by the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, has been admitted to membership in the Federal Reserve System: NEW YORK STATE Millbrook Bank of Millbrook GEORGE L. HARRISON, Governor. (x) FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK May 10, 1933. NEW COUNTERFEITS To each Bank and Trust Company i n t h e Second Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t and o t h e r s concerned: The Treasury Department i n i t s c i r c u l a r l e t t e r No. 665 dated May 9, 1933, d e s c r i b e s two new c o u n t e r f e i t s as f o l l o w s : $5 UNITED STATES NOTE 1928 S e r i e s ; check l e t t e r "H"; face p l a t e number i n d i s t i n c t , probably 316; back p l a t e No. 140; V7. 0 , Woods, Treasurer of t h e United S t a t e s ; A» V« Mellon, S e c r e t a r y of t h e T r e a s u r y ; p o r t r a i t of Lincoln* This i s a f a i r l y deceptive c o u n t e r f e i t p r i n t e d on one sheet of bond paper from photoHnechanical p l a t e s of good workmanship. The Lincoln p o r t r a i t , however, i s etched t o o h e a v i l y and i n t h e p r i n t i n g p r o c e s s i t i s produced i n a darker shade than any other p a r t of t h e face of t h e n o t e , and i s g e n e r a l l y smudgy* The s e a l and numbering a r e e x p e r t l y p r i n t e d . This c o u n t e r f e i t c a r r i e s varying s e r i a l numbers, specimen at hand showing B54362841A. $20 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE On t h e Federal Reserve Bank of S t . Louis, M i s s o u r i ; 1928 B s e r i e s ; check l e t t e r "D"; face p l a t e No, 5; back p l a t e No. 3 1 ; ;v. 0 . ''foods, T r e a s u r e r of t h e United S t a t e s ; A. W. Mellon, S e c r e t a r y of t h e T r e a s u r y ; portrait of Jackson, from left by a jaw. This is a dangerous production printed on bleached genuine paper excellently etched photo-mechanical p l a t e s . In the portrait the side of Jackson's face is faintly shaded and the chin is narrowed dark line formed by the inner edge of the coat lapel against the Specimen at hand bears serial number K03164512A. Care should be exercised in handling notes of this variety and denomination, as t h i s counterfeit will deceive the average person. The Treasury Department, Secret Service Division, requests that banks and others to whom counterfeit Government obligations may bo presented endeavor when practicable to obtain information regarding their source and history. Any information of t h i s kind should be forwarded to the Treasury Department, Secret Service Division, Customs House, New York, N. Y. George L. Harrison, Governor.
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