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FEDERAL

RESERVE

BANK

OF

NEW

YORK

Fiscal Agent of the United States
f Circular No. 4 7 9 3 1
L October 15, 1959 J

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
$1,000,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated July 23, 1959, Due Jan. 21, 1960
(To Be Issued October 22, 1959)
$400,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated October 22, 1959, Due April 21, 1960
T o A ll In corporated Banks and Trust Companies, and Others
Concerned, in the Second Federal R eserve D istrict:

Following is the text o f a notice issued by the Treasury Department, released for publication in morning
newspapers, Thursday, October 15, 1959:
The Treasury Department, by this public notice, invites
tenders for two series of Treasury bills to the aggregate amount
of $1,400,000,000, or thereabouts, for cash and in exchange for
Treasury bills maturing October 22, 1959, in the amount of
$1,406,316,000, as follows:
91-day bills (to maturity date) to be issued October 22, 1959,
in the amount of $1,000,000,000, or thereabouts, repre­
senting an additional amount of bills dated July 23, 1959,
and to mature January 21, 1960, originally issued in the
amount of $400,262,000, the additional and original bills
to be freely interchangeable.
182-day bills, for $400,000,000, or thereabouts, to be dated
October 22, 1959, and to mature April 21, 1960.
The bills of both series will be issued on a discount basis
under competitive and noncompetitive bidding as hereinafter
provided, and at maturity their face amount will be payable
without interest. They will be issued in bearer form only, and
in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $100,000, $500,000
and $1,000,000 (maturity value).
Tenders will be received at Federal Reserve Banks and
Branches up to the closing hour, two o’clock p.m., Eastern
Daylight Saving time, Monday, October 19, 1959. Tenders will
not be received at the Treasury Department, Washington. Each
tender must be for an even multiple of $1,000, and in the
case of competitive tenders the price offered must be expressed
on the basis of 100, with not more than three decimals, e.g.,
99.925. Fractions may not be used. It is urged that tenders
be made on the printed forms and forwarded in the special
envelopes which will be supplied by Federal Reserve Banks
or Branches on application therefor.
Others than banking institutions will not be permitted to
submit tenders except for their own account. Tenders will be
received without deposit from incorporated banks and trust
companies and from responsible and recognized dealers in in­
vestment securities. Tenders from others must be accompanied
by payment of 2 percent of the face amount of Treasury bills
applied for, unless the tenders are accompanied by an express
guaranty of payment by an incorporated bank or trust company.
Immediately after the closing hour, tenders will be opened
at the Federal Reserve Banks and Branches, following which
public announcement will be made by the Treasury Department
of the amount and price range of accepted bids. Those sub­
mitting tenders will be advised of the acceptance or rejection
thereof. The Secretary o f the Treasury expressly reserves the

right to accept or reject any or all tenders, in whole or in part,
and his action in any such respect shall be final. Subject to
these reservations, noncompetitive tenders for $200,000 or less
for the additional bills dated July 23, 1959, (91 days remain­
ing until maturity- date on January 21, 1960) and noncom­
petitive tenders for $100,000 or less for the 182-day bills without
stated price from any one bidder will be accepted in full at the
average price (in three decimals) of accepted competitive bids
for the respective issues. Settlement for accepted tenders in
accordance with the bids must be made or completed at the
Federal Reserve Bank on October 22, 1959, in cash or other
immediately available funds or in a like face amount of
Treasury bills maturing October 22, 1959. Cash and exchange
tenders will receive equal treatment. Cash adjustments will be
made for differences between the par value of maturing bills
accepted in exchange and the issue price o f the new bills.
The income derived from Treasury bills, whether interest
or gain from the sale or other disposition of the bills, does not
have any exemption, as such, and loss from the sale or other
disposition of Treasury bills does not have any special treat­
ment, as such, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The
bills are subject to estate, inheritance, gift or other excise
taxes, whether Federal or State, but are exempt from all taxa­
tion now or hereafter imposed on the principal or interest
thereof by any State, or any of the possessions o f the United
States, or by any local taxing authority. For purposes of taxa­
tion the amount of discount at which Treasury bills are
originally sold by the United States is considered to be interest.
Under Sections 454(b) and 1221(5) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 the amount of discount at which bills issued
hereunder are sold is not considered to accrue until such bills
are sold, redeemed or otherwise disposed of, and such bills are
excluded from consideration as capital assets. Accordingly,
the owner of Treasury bills (other than life insurance com­
panies) issued hereunder need include in his income tax return
only the difference between the price paid for such bills, whether
on original issue or on subsequent purchase, and the amount
actually received either upon sale or redemption at maturity
during the taxable year for which the return is made, as
ordinary gain or loss.
Treasury Department Circular No. 418, Revised, and this
notice, prescribe the terms of the Treasury bills and govern
the conditions o f their issue. Copies of the circular may be
obtained from any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch.

This Bank will receive tenders for both series up to 2 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving time, Monday, October 19,
1959, at the Securities Department o f its Head Office and at its Buffalo Branch. Tender forms for the respective
series are enclosed. Please use the appropriate form s to submit tenders and return them in an envelope marked
“ Tender fo r Treasury Bills.” Tenders may be submitted by telegraph, subject to written confirmation; they may
not be submitted by telephone. Payment fo r the Treasury bills cannot be made by credit through the Treasury Tax
and Loan Account. Settlement must be made in cash or other immediately available funds or in maturing Treasury
bills.

Results of the last offering of Treasury bills (91-day bills to be issued October 15, 1959, representing an
additional amount of bills dated July 16, 1959, and maturing January 14, 1960; and 182-day bills dated
October 15, 1959, maturing April 14, 1960) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




A lfred H a y e s ,

President.
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RESULTS OF LAST OFFERING OF TREASURY BILLS (TWO SERIES ISSUED OCTOBER 15, 1959)

Range of Accepted Competitive Bids
182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing April 14, 1960

91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 14, 1960
A p p rox. equiv.
annual rate

P rice

H ig h .........................................
Low

.......................................

A v e ra g e .............................. .
a Excepting five tenders totaling

P r ice

A p p rox. equiv.
annual rate

98.945 •

4.174%

97.670 b

4.609%

98.894

4.375%

97.616

4.716%

98.923

4.262%

97.641

4.666%

b Excepting three tenders totaling

$ 62 3 ,0 0 0 .

(25 percent o f the amount o f 91-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

$ 2 ,2 0 5 ,0 0 0 .

(61 percent o f the amount o f 182-day bills
bid for at the low price was accepted.)

Total Tenders Applied for and Accepted (By Federal Reserve Districts)
182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing April 14, 1960

91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 14, 1960
District

A ccepted

Applied fo r

Boston ............ ...................

$

22,121,000

$

22,121,000

A pplied f o r

$

5,707,000

A ccepted

$

5,707,000

N ew Y o r k ............................

1,337,692,000

798,541,000

564,005,000

281,055,000

Philadelphia .........................

27,409,000

27,409,000

7,620,000

2,620,000

C leveland....... .......................

46,411,000

46,411,000

11,111,000

11,111,000

Richmond ..... .......................

11,619,000

11,619,000

4,742,000

3,741,000

A tlan ta............ .......................

19,708,000

19,708,000

4,969,000

4,269,000

Chicago .......... ....................

163,052,000

134,052,000

66,056,000

44,656,000

St. Louis ....... ....................

22,940,000

22,940,000

4,642,000

4,642,000

Minneapolis .... ...................

7,460,000

7,460,000

1,968,000

1,958,000

Kansas City .. .......................

24,480,000

24,480,000

7,721,000

7,721,000

D allas.............. .......................

13,929,000

13,929,000

4,885,000

4,870,000

San Francisco .......................

71,423,000

71,423,000

27,651,000

27,651,000

Total .......................

$1,768,244,000

$1,200,093,000'

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e Includes $193,246,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.923.
d Includes $40,788,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 97.641.

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$711,077,000

$400,001,000d