Dollar Bill

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Thought it should be something that we ought to be more familiar of.
It's something that we have stayed in contact many years- resolve around tipping situation, buying soft drinks on a hot summer day, buying hot coco on a cold winter day, paying bridge toll, and sparing to the homeless( hopefully).

And then, there's accessories.

Or apparel.

Learn how to fold this.

Or really just for entertainment.

Via Atypyc

With all the symbols, letters, and numbers on the bill, do you know exactly what they stand for or even have a vague idea on what they represent? Get a life, you say. Well, I just think that this is the least I can do to something that I have intimate relationship with - get to know it.

After the research, I realize that there's ALOT to a Bill. Just on the front. So the front will be all that we talk about for now.

Here's the anatomy of a dollar:

Front is meant more as functions and indications for the bill:
1st, let's point out the obvious.

1.Directly beneath the seal is the signature of the Secretary of the United States Treasury. Just to the left of his (or her) signature is the series year -- 2001, 1957.

2.left hand side of the bill, on the bottom, is the signature of the Treasurer of the United States, who oversees the U.S. Mint and Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

3.George Washington, Father of His Country, who was our First President of our present Government, has his picture in the center of the one dollar bill.

4.There are two big 1s in both upper corners. There are two smaller 1s in both lower corners. The two big numbers on top are enclosed in different settings. The two smaller numbers on bottom are enclosed in the same setting.

Then, there's the not so obvious ones:

1.32 one dollar bills are printed each time the plate comes down.
Directly below the big number 1 on the upper top of the one
dollar bill is a large letter, and a small number. The letter
indicates which row the bill you are looking at was taken from.
The number beside the letter indicates the position of the bill on that row.

2.You will notice it has a LARGE letter in the center of the seal. These letters identify the bank that issued the bill.

The letter L, for example, indicates that the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco California issued the bill.
J - the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City Missouri.
B - issued in New York.
D - the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland Ohio.
H - the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis Missouri.
E - the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond Virginia
A - Boston
C - Philadelphia
F - Atlanta
G - Chicago
I - Minneapolis
J - Kansas City
K - Dallas

3.Now we are ready to look at the SERIAL NUMBERS in green. There is one in the lower left hand portion of the one dollar bill, and a matching number in the upper right hand portion. The letter which precedes the numbers must be the same number that you saw identifying the Federal Reserve Bank. J for J. B for B, and D for D.

4.In the upper left hand corner -- beside the ROW identifier I mentioned previously, you will find a NUMBER. It is rather inconspicuous unless you are looking for it. This number is yet another identifier of the issuing bank. The number "12" (for example) must match the letter L(in order of the alphabets) in the issuing bank's seal. The same number will be found similarly in close proximity to each of the number 1s in each of the four corners of the one dollar bill.

5.The letter which trails after the numerals in serial number reveals how many times the exact same serial number has run. The letter A identifies it as the first run, and the letter Z identifies it as the 26th run with 32 bills printed on each run. Our bill is on its 8th run.

Consequently, there can only be 832 bills printed with the same numbers.

Holy Crap. That's a lot of story on 1 single dollar, no?

-Benson
http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com