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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
No. 1316, December 6, 1933 "]
u p p l e m e n t to Circular No. 1291, I
[ SCircular
as supplemented.
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To all Banking Institutions
Second Federal Reserve
in the
District:
Supplementing information given in our circulars Nos. 1291, 1299, 1305, and 1311, 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
Edwards
The Edwards National Bank
Sharon Springs
The First National Bank of Sharon Springs
NEW JERSEY
Belmar
The Belmar National Bank
(Newly chartered to succeed The First National Bank of Belmar)
Branchville
The Branchville National Bank
(Newly chartered to succeed The First National Bank of Branchville)
NEW MEMBER BANKS
The following state banks, previously licensed to resume full banking operations by
the Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York, have been admitted to membership in the Federal Reserve System:
NEW YORK STATE
Massena
The Massena Banking and Trust Company
Locke
The Citizens Bank of Locke, N. Y.
GEORGE L. HARRISON,
Governor.
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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK
December 6 , 1933.
NEW. COUNTERFEITS
To Member Banks in the Second
Reserve D i s t r i c t and o t h e r s
Federal
concerned:
At the r e q u e s t of t h e S e c r e t Service Division of the Treasury Department,
New York D i s t r i c t , we are forwarding t o a l l member banks in the Second Federal
Reserve D i s t r i c t the following information which we have r e c e i v e d from the Secret
S e r v i c e D i v i s i o n d e s c r i b i n g new c o u n t e r f e i t n o t e s which have r e c e n t l y appeared in
c i r c u l a t i o n in the New York D i s t r i c t :
$20 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE:
On the FEDERAL RESERVE 3ANK OF DALLAS, TEXAS; S e r i e s of 1928 B;
Check L e t t e r fKf , Face P l a t e No, 50; Back P l a t e No, 5; b e a r i n g
s i g n a t u r e s of W. 0 . WOODS and A» W. MELLON, p o r t r a i t of JACKSON.
This
note i s an e x c e l l e n t photo-mechanical r e p r o d u c t i o n p r i n t e d on one
sheet of bond paper of good q u a l i t y , and appears with varying s e r i a l
numbers, "Engraving in the p o r t r a i t of JACKSON i s d e f e c t i v e and the
face of the p o r t r a i t p r e s e n t s a pale appearance. This c o u n t e r f e i t i s
very deceptive and care should be taken t o s c r u t i n i z e c l o s e l y a l l
n o t e s of t h i s denomination,
$20 FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE:
On the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK* N, Y,; S e r i e s of 1928 B;
Check L e t t e r »K*, Face P l a t e No. 5{ back p l a t e number i n d i s t i n c t , p r o bably 8; bearing signatures of W. 0 . WOODS and A. W. MELLON, p o r t r a i t
of JACKSON, This note i s a poor photo-mechanical reproduction p r i n t e d
on one sheet of paper and i s n o t s u f f i c i e n t l y dangerous to deceive
the average handler .of currency.
Although the check l e t t e r s and face p l a t e numbers on the two
above described notes are somewhat s i m i l a r , they a r e n o t a t a l l simil a r in workmanship.
The Treasury Department, Secret Service D i v i s i o n , r e q u e s t s t h a t banks and
o t h e r s to whom c o u n t e r f e i t Government o b l i g a t i o n s may be presented endeavor when
p r a c t i c a b l e to o b t a i n information regarding t h e i r source and h i s t o r y . Any informat i o n of t h i s kind should be forwarded t o the Treasury Department, Secret Service
D i v i s i o n , Customs House» New York, N. Y*
George L. H a r r i s o n ,
Governor,
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