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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK Cash Department [Circular No. 7491 LNovember 23, 1926J New Counterfeit To all Banks, Trust Companies and Others Concerned in the Second Federal Reserve District: The Treasury Department in its circular letter No. 585 describes a new counterfeit as follows: $5 Federal Reserve Note On the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, N. Y., series 1914; check letter " F " ; face plate No. 1495; back plate number indistinct (probably 3533); Frank White, Treasurer of the United States; A. W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury; portrait of Lincoln. This is a crudely etched counterfeit printed on a single sheet of paper without threads to imitate the silk fibre. The serial number—B36442122D—appears in black ink and was executed in the plate in the etching operation, while the seal is revealed in indigo blue with the circular inscription inverted. The back plate is printed in a bright grass green. This note is so palpably counterfeit that it should not deceive the ordinarily careful handler of currency. Very truly yours, BBNJ. STBONG, Governor.
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