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Hi FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N E W YORK (k 5 ) September 30, 1976 $5, $10, $20,AND $50 COUNTERFEIT FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES To All Banks in the Second Federal Reserve District: The United States Secret Service has asked us to inform you that counterfeit $5, $10, $20,and $50 Federal Reserve notes are currently in circulation in the New York metropolitan area. Your tellers and customers should be warned to be on the alert for these counterfeits. The Secret Service has supplied the following descriptions of these $5, $10, $20,and $50 counterfeits: Denomination Federal Reserve Bank New York New York New York New York New York New York New York Boston Richmond New York Atlanta New York New York $ 5 $10 $10 $10 $10 $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 $20 $50 Series Check Letter 1969C 1971+ 19690 1971+ 1971* 1971* 1971* 1971* 1971* 197U 1971* 197!+ 1969C F E A E A A C F C F G G B Face Plate No. Back Plate No. 21+5 8 251 53 39 6l 52 57 70 15 85 85 35 16 1 218 185 218 233 205 205 205 215 167 215 215 19 The serial numbers on all notes vary, and there is no attempt made to simulate the red and blue fibers found in genuine currency. All counterfeit currency received from any source should be marked for identification and forwarded promptly, together with any information concerning the source of such notes, to the nearest office of the U. S. Secret Service, rather than to Washington, D. C. In this District, the Secret Service has offices in the U. S. Customhouse in Room 623, 6 World Trade Center, New York, N. Y. 100H8; in the Main Post Office Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 13201; in the Federal Building, Room 1208, 111 West Huron Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 11+202, and at 60 Evergreen Place, East Orange, N. J. 07018. For additional information, call the U. S. Secret Service at any time (Telephone No. 212-1+66-1+1+00). Additional copies of this letter will be furnished upon request. P aul A. V olcker, President.
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