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Show NEW RESERVE BANK ITEISMSTIC Many Are Preserving Tirst of Issue as Souvenirs, Few Are Seen , Although none of the federal reserve special currency has been rece ved at any of the local banks a few odd notes of small denominat on have strayed nto town. A five dollar b 11 was passed around for inspect on recent y at the Nat onal Bank of the Bepubhc but the owner refused to exchange t for the ordinary kind and proudly carr ed t away The b 11 is of the 6ame d mens ons as all Un ted States Currency The des gn s handsome On the front s the wel known profile of Abraham L nco n To the left of the p cture of L ncoln s the nscnpt on n c rcular form The Federal Reserve Bank of San Fran c sco, Cal f orn a and in the center s 12 1 denot ng the number of the federal reserve bank which s 12 the figure 1 representing the first ser es of notes ssued At the top on the front s de s nscr bed Federal Ecserve Note On the left end of the reverse s de of the note s dep cted the scene on board the Santa Mar a as Columbus first s ghted land It will be recalled that a few days before land was s ghted his men mut n ed and threatened to kill h m or throw h m overboard unless he ret rned to Spain He compromised w th them by agreeing to retur to Spa n f land was not d scovered n three days In the scene the heto c form of Columbus is seen standing as" he gazes n h s hour of triumph on the real zation of his long cher shed dream, while, kneel ng and crouching about j h m 1 s sa lors beg forgiveness To the r ght, on the reverse s de is lep cted the land ng of the P Igr m fathers from the small boats of the Mayflower and the sh p tself can be 6een n the distance anchored off Plym outh Eock. At the top are the words Federal Keser've ote and at the bottom Th s note is receivable by all nat onal and member banks for all taxes, customs and other public dues t s redeemable in gold on demand at the treasury department of the Un ted States n the c ty of Wa h ngton D s, tr ct of Columb a o In gold or lawful money at any federal reserve bank |