Howdy, My question is this: On my 1 (one) dollar bill I notice that it has some new stuff on it like a "G1 11" next to a seal that say's "Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Texas" with a big K in the middle of the seal and others that I have are "Chicago Illinois" with a "A47" what do these represent and when did some cities start making currency? Images: The whole bill: Thanks to any one who can help me.
here's a picture that points out most of the features on the one-dollar bill. for detailed explanations, visit the website i found it on: http://www.uspapermoney.info/general/note.html about the cities, the united states is divided up into 12 districts. each district has a federal reserve bank named for the city it's in, such as "federal reserve bank of boston". the federal reserve bank system was put into law in 1913, and the 12 federal reserve banks were up and running within a year later. here's a map showing the 12 districts and the city each reserve bank is located.
oh, and the seal in your picture is a "K" because dallas is district 11. K is the 11th letter in the alphabet. the old-style bills all had letters that corresponded to the district numbers. new-style bills combine the two. a new colorized 10-dollar bill from dallas should have "K11" printed under the top left serial number.
One last lthing that hasn't been fully explained is the meaning of the G1. The currency it printed as a sheet of 32 notes aranged in four columns of eight notes. The sheet is divided into four quadrants of 8 notes arangedas two columns of four notes each. Each of those notes is then given a letter designation A - H indicating its position in the quadrent so the combination of the letter and the number specifies the position of that note in the original sheet like this: (The one in bold is your note second column, third from the top. A1 E1 A3 E3 B1 F1 B3 F3 C1 G1 C3 G3 D1 H1 D3 H3 A2 E2 A4 E4 B2 F2 B4 F4 C2 G2 C4 G4 D2 H2 D4 H4
