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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lettow, post: 7843475, member: 6986&quot;]Federal Reserve Bank Notes were printed in March 1933 to deal with the shortage of currency brought on by bank failures and the Bank Holiday of 1933.&nbsp; The BEP used already printed&nbsp; National Currency stock to get the notes out quickly to meet the emergency.&nbsp; The notes ceased being issued when the need passed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The unissued notes were held by the BEP and the Federal Reserve Banks.&nbsp; These notes were issued during WWII as emergency currency in the US.&nbsp; Increased cash needs because of the war coupled with the wartime demands on the BEP, necessitated bringing the remaining notes out of retirement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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