When/Why Did They Remove The Name Of The Federal Banks?

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barryg Pillar of the Community United States 5861 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 09:29 am I guess I haven't really paid much attention to the new format bills being printed lately, but when and why did they stop including the name of the specific Federal Reserve Bank in the left-hand seal? I see it's still on the $1 bill, but not on the $5, $10 or $20. Expanded Digital U.S. Type Set Album \| Dansco 8100 (Lincon Cents) Album \| Digital Proof Type Set \| Digital U.S. Currency Type Set \| Foreign Bullion Coins Report this Post to the Staff

BisonMatt Valued Member United States 239 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 10:33 am They changed it for the 1999 Series. Why, not sure. None of my reference books explains it, they just mention a new design with the letter number indicator below the serial number. Report this Post to the Staff
barryg Pillar of the Community United States 5861 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 11:42 am Does the letter number indicate the bank? If so, is there a key somewhere to explain which letter represents which bank? Report this Post to the Staff
BisonMatt Valued Member United States 239 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 11:57 am That is correct. For the 12 district banks they just use the first 12 letters with 1-12, I think it is a little redundant since they both indicate the same thing but here is the list: A1 - Boston B2 - New York C3 - Philadelphia D4 - Cleveland E5 - Richmond F6 - Atlanta G7 - Chicago H8 - St Louis I9 - Minneapolis J10 - Kansas City K11 - Dallas L12 - San Francisco Report this Post to the Staff
Broken-Coin Pillar of the Community United States 1812 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 12:25 pm If memory serves, I remember reading a Coin World article back then that mentioned the BEP had done this as part of the new currency design for the $5.00 to $100.00 denominations with no changes to the One and Two Dollar FRN's. The changes included a common Federal Reserve Seal replacing the Branch Seal and placing the 12 individual Federal Reserve Banks letters (A-Boston [#1] to L-San Francisco [#12]) in the serial number prefix, and both the Bank Branch Letter & Number below the upper left serial number. I'm sure this is correct, then again !?!?!? BisonMatt beat me to the post, this is what happens when my AAADD kicks in and I pause in the middle of posting to do something else Edited by Broken-Coin 04/05/2013 12:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Ceylon62 Pillar of the Community United States 1285 Posts	Posted 04/05/2013 6:17 pm It started with series 1996 for security reasons. Hope this helps http://www.uspapermoney.info/history/1996.html Report this Post to the Staff
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