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FED ER A L RESERVE BANK O F N E W YORK KC C /A hJo 7W ( J5) September 1, 1976 J5, $10, and $20 COUNTERFEIT FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES To A l l B a n k s in th e S e c o n d F e d e ra l R e s e r v e D is tr ic t: The United States Secret Service has asked us to inform you that counterfeit $5* $10, and $20 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, and $20 counterfeits: Denomination Federal Reserve Bank New York New York New York Boston $ 5 $10 $20 $20 Series Check Letter Face Plate No. 19690 1971* 1971* 197U F A C F 2U5 39 52 57 Back Plate ] l6l 233 205 205 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. 100l*8; in the Main Post Office Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 13201; in the Federal Building, Room 1208, 1 1 1 West Huron Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 1U202, and at 60 Evergreen Place, East Orange, N. J. 07018. For additional, information, call the U. S. Secret Service at any time (Telephone No. 212-166-i+lOO). Additional copies of this letter will be furnished upon request. P a u l A . V olcker, President.
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