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Locations
1. Name the Federal Reserve Locations.
2. Which one serves our community?
3. Name the other states it serves.
4. When was the Federal Reserve established?
5. What is the primary role of the Federal Reserve?
Checkbooklet
6. How many checks do American individuals and businesses write per year?
7. How many checks does the average American household write?
8. Name nine check writing tips.
9. Describe
a) Certified checks
b) cashier’s checks
c) money orders
d) government checks
e) travelers checks
10. Draw a sketch of the trail a check takes when it leaves your hand until it returns to you in a bank statement.
11. Why are checks returned to you?
12. What are stop payments?
13. What is the future of checking?
Currency
14. What are the denominations of bills that are in print today?
15. What denominations are no longer in print?
16. What letter and number on the currency represents the Atlanta Federal Reserve branch?
17. Name seven security features for currency.
18. Name and sketch what is on the face and back of each bill.
19. What is the Great Seal?
20. What is the size of a dollar bill?
21. How is currency printed?
22. What is the penalty for passing a counterfeit bill?
23. Describe and sketch the face and back of each coin.
24. How are coins made?
25. How much money was in circulation in 1990?
How much money per person was in circulation in 1990?
26. What do banks do with old money?
27. Name the life span for a $1 bill.
28. Name the life span for a $100 bill.
29. Name the life span for a coin.