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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E BANK O F NEW YO R K
Fiscal Agent of the United States
r Circular No. 6 6 2 6 1
L October 27,1970 J

OFFERING OF TWO SERIES OF TREASURY BILLS
[,800,000,000 of 91-Day Bills, Additional Amount, Series Dated August 6, 1970, Due February 4, 1971
(To Be Issued November 5, 1970)
$1,400,000,000 of 182-Day Bills, Dated November 5, 1970, Due May 6,1971
T o A l l In c o r p o ra te d B a n k s an d T r u s t C om pan ies, an d O th e rs
C o n cern ed , 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:

Follow ing is the te x t of a notice issued by the T re asu ry D epartm ent, released at 4 p.m. to d ay :
T h e T re a su ry D ep artm en t, by th is public notice, invites
te n d ers for tw o series of T re a su ry bills to th e a g g re g ate
am o u n t of $3,200,000,000, o r th e re a b o u ts, for cash and in e x ­
change fo r T re a su ry bills m a tu rin g N o v em b er 5, 1970, in th e
am o u n t of $3,111,930,000, as follow s:

recognized d ealers in in v e stm en t securities. T e n d e rs fro m
o th e rs m u st be acco m p an ied by p a y m en t of 2 p e rc en t of th e
face a m o u n t of T re a su ry bills applied for, u n less th e ten d ers
are accom panied by an ex p ress g u a ra n ty of p a y m en t by an
in co rp o rated b an k or tr u s t com pany.

91-day bills (to m a tu rity d ate) to be issued N o v em b er 5,
1970, in th e am o u n t of $1,800,000,000, o r th ere a b o u ts,
re p re se n tin g an ad d itio n al am o u n t of bills d ated A u g u st
6, 1970, an d to m a tu re F e b ru a ry 4, 1971, orig in ally
issued in th e am o u n t of $1,299,640,000, th e additional
and original bills to be freely in terch an g eab le.

Im m ed iately a fte r th e clo sin g h o u r, te n d e rs w ill be opened
at the F e d e ra l R eserve B anks an d B ran ch es, fo llo w ing w hich
public a n n o u n cem en t w ill be m ade by th e T re a su ry D e p a rt­
m en t of th e a m o u n t an d price ra n g e of accep ted bids. O n ly
tho se su b m ittin g co m p etitiv e te n d e rs w ill be advised of th e
acceptance or rejectio n thereof. T h e S e c re ta ry of th e T re a su ry
e x p ressly reserv es th e rig h t to a c cep t o r reje c t any or all
ten d ers, in w hole o r in p a rt, and his action in an y such resp ect
shall be final. S u b ject to th ese reserv atio n s, n o n co m p etitiv e
ten d ers fo r each issue fo r $200,000 o r less w ith o u t sta te d price
from any one b id d er will be accep ted in full a t th e av erag e
price (in th re e d ecim als) of accep ted com petitive bids fo r the
respective issues. S e ttlem en t fo r accep ted te n d e rs in acco rd ­
ance w ith th e bids m u st be m ade o r co m p leted a t th e F ed eral
R eserve B ank on N o v em b er 5, 1970, in cash o r o th e r im m edi­
ately available fu n d s o r in a like face am o u n t of T re a su ry bills
m a tu rin g N o v em b er 5, 1970. C ash and e x c h an g e ten d ers w ill
receive equal tre a tm e n t. C ash a d ju stm e n ts will be m ade for
differences betw een th e p ar value of m a tu rin g bills accepted
in exchange and th e issue price of th e new bills.
U n d e r S ections 454(b) and 1221(5) of th e In te rn a l R ev­
enue Code of 1954, the a m o u n t of d isco u n t at w hich bills
issued h e reu n d e r are sold is con sid ered to accru e w hen the
bills are sold, redeem ed o r o th erw ise d isp o sed of, and th e
bills are excluded from co n sid eratio n as capital assets. A c­
co rd in g ly , th e o w n er of T re a su ry bills (o th e r th a n life in s u r­
ance co m p an ies) issued h e re u n d e r m u st include in his incom e
tax re tu rn , as o rd in a ry gain o r loss, th e difference b etw een the
price paid for th e bills, w h eth e r on o rig in al issue o r on su b se­
q u en t p u rch ase, an d th e am o u n t ac tu a lly received e ith er upon
sale or red em p tio n a t m a tu rity d u rin g th e tax a b le y e a r fo r
w hich the re tu rn is m ade.
T re a su ry D e p a rtm e n t C ircular N o. 418 (c u rre n t revision)
and this notice prescrib e th e term s of th e T re a su ry bills and
g o v ern th e co n d itio n s of th e ir issue. C opies of th e circu lar
m ay be o b tained fro m an y F ed eral R eserv e B an k o r B ranch.

182-day bills, for $1,400,000,000, o r th ere ab o u ts, to be dated
N ovem ber 5, 1970, an d to m a tu re M ay 6, 1971 (C U S IP
No. 912793 K G 0).
T h e bills of b o th series will be issued on a d isco u n t basis
u n der com p etitiv e and n o ncom petitive b id d in g as h erein afte r
provided, and a t m a tu rity th e ir face am o u n t will be payable
w ith o u t interest. T h ey will be issued in b e arer form only, and
in d en o m in atio n s of $10,000, $15,000, $50,000, $100,000, $500,000
and $1,000,000 (m a tu rity valu e).
T e n d e rs w ill be received at F ed eral R eserve B an k s and
B ranches up to th e closing hour, o n e -th irty p.m., E a ste rn
S ta n d a rd tim e, M onday, N o v em b er 2, 1970. T e n d e rs will not
be received at the T re a su ry D e p artm e n t, W ash in g to n . E ach
te n d e r m u st be for a m inim um of $10,000. T e n d e rs over
$10,000 m ust be in m ultiples of $5,000. In th e case of com peti­
tive ten d ers the price offered m u st be ex p ressed on th e basis
of 100, w ith n o t m ore th a n th ree decim als, e.g., 99.925. F ra c ­
tions m ay n ot be used. It is u rg ed th a t ten d ers be m ade on
the p rin ted form s and fo rw ard ed in th e special envelopes
w hich will be supplied by F e d e ra l R eserve B anks o r B ranches
on application th erefo r.
B an k in g in stitu tio n s g en erally m ay su b m it ten d ers for
acco u n t of custom ers, provided th e nam es of the cu sto m ers
are set fo rth in such ten d ers. O th e rs th an b a n k in g in stitu tio n s
will not be p erm itted to su b m it te n d ers except fo r th e ir ow n
account. T en d ers w ill be received w ith o u t d ep o sit from in co r­
p o rated banks and tru s t com panies and fro m responsible and

T his B ank will receive tenders fo r both series up to 1:30 p.m., E astern S tan d ard time, M onday, N ovem ber 2, 1970,
at the Securities D epartm ent o f its H ead Office and ait its Buffalo B ranch. T en d er form s fo r the respective series are
enclosed. Please use the appropriate form s to subm it tenders and retu rn them in the enclosed envelope m arked “ T en d e r
fo r T reasu ry Bills (W e e k ly ).” T enders m ay be subm itted by telegraph, subject to w ritten confirm ation; they m ay not
be subm itted by telephone. Payment for 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.
R esults of the last weekly offering o f T reasu ry bills (91-day bills to be issued O ctober 29, 1970, representing an
additional am ount of bills dated Ju ly 30, 1970, m aturing Ja n u a ry 28, 1971; and 182-day bills dated O ctober 29, 1970,
m aturin g A pril 29, 1971) are shown on the reverse side of this circular.




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President.
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R E SU L T S O F LA ST W E E K L Y O F F E R IN G O F T R E A S U R Y B IL L S (T W O SE R IE S
TO B E ISSU E D O C T O B E R 29, 1970)

R a n g e of A ccep ted C om p etitiv e B ids

91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 28,1971

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing April 29,1971

P r ic e

A p p r o x . equ iv.
annual ra te

P r ic e

A p p r o x . eq u iv.
annual ra te

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

98.539

5.780%

96.911

6.110%

L o w ....................................................

98.516

5.871%

96.902

6.128%

A v e r a g e .............................................

98.526

5.831 % J

96.908

6.116% J

H ig h

1 These rates are on a bank discount basis. The equivalent coupon issue yields are 6.00 percent fo r the 91-day bills, and 6.40
percent fo r the 182-day bills.

(7 percent of the am ount of 91-day bills
bid fo r a t the low price was accepted.)

(100 percent of the am ount of 182-day bills
bid fo r at the low price w as accepted.)

T o ta l T en d ers A p p lie d fo r a n d A ccepted (B y F e d e ra l R eserve D istricts)

91-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing January 28,1971
B oston

A c c e p te d

A p p lie d f o r

D is tr ic t

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

$

29,240,000

182-Day Treasury Bills
Maturing April 29,1971

$

19,240,000

A p p lied f o r

$

18,280,000

A c c e p te d

$

7,450,000

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

1,892,285,000

1,200,945,000

2,184,820,000

1,224,325,000

P h ila d e lp h ia .................... .........

46,025,000

31,025,000

13,645,000

9,075,000

Cleveland ......................... .........

47,790,000

44,070,000

44,365,000

19,605,000

R ic h m o n d ......................... .........

17,585,000

17,585,000

20,040,000

10,040,000

.........

42,420,000

31,220,000

36,805,000

17,000,000

C h ic a g o ............................. .........

223,395,000

200,745,000

238,945,000

36,120,000

St. L o u i s ........................... .........

53,285,000

52,820,000

31,445,000

17,845,000

M inneapolis .................... .........

34,635,000

23,625,000

24,230,000

4,630,000

K an sas C ity .................... .........

30,400,000

29,400,000

23,190,000

17,090,000

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

28,135,000

20,135,000

25,520,000

12,020,000

169,905,000

129,605,000

246,885,000

25,375,000

N ew Y o rk

S an F rancisco

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

T o t a l ............... .........

$2,615,100,000

$1,800,415,000*

a Includes $336,960,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 98.526.
t> Includes $187,665,000 noncompetitive tenders accepted at the average price of 96.908.




$2,908,170,000

$1,400,575,000b