To SAC Seattle re USSS review of ransom bill copies (NORJAK)
Document date 24 April 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-72:001-002 Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re USSS review of ransom bill copies (NORJAK) Id: Cooper-Part-72:001-002 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A001-002 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 pp. 1–2 (DB Cooper-30079–30080), Memo, dated 24 Apr 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A001-002
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 4/24/72
SA [REDACTED] b6 Per FBI b7C NORJAK
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[REDACTED] Asst. Special Agent in Charge, b6 Per USSS U.S. Secret Service, Seattle, was contacted 4/24/72. b7C
[REDACTED] was shown 3 copies of $20 bills, serial numbers as follows:
L 54904730 A
L 33529797 A
L 20168977 A
and [REDACTED] provided the following information when asked whether it could be determined if in fact these $20 bills were real or not. b6 Per USSS b7C
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[REDACTED] stated the 12 appearing on the side of the $20 bills, meant the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, California, and that the serial number would begin with the 12th letter of the alphabet, which in this instance is the letter "L".
[REDACTED] advised that an experienced photographer b6 Per USSS could reproduce any serial number desired on this $20 -ill b7C [REDACTED] This is a method b7E which is used by counterfeiters according to [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] further advised that he does not believe b6 Per USSS it is possible to determine if the bills set forth as copies b7C are real or not unless an original is seen. On the original it is then possible to look for certain characteristics which will appear on true bills based on the printing process used by the Government. [illegible].m.
It was noted for [REDACTED] by the writer, that on /64-81-[guess: 2406] one of the bills the "9" appears smaller than on the other b6 Per USSS two bills. HARDY stated this could happen and sometimes b7C
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED [REDACTED] FILED [REDACTED] APR 2 8 1972 FBI — SEATTLE
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WMB:klb (4)
DB Cooper-30079
SE 164-81
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does where the bills are reproduced due to a change in the numbering system for the plate. [REDACTED] stated that he suggests we contact the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at Washington, D.C., and they should be able to determine or tell us of this style "9" was used on the original bills that were produced that particular year.
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b6 Per USSS b7c
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DB Cooper-30080
Serials: SE 164-81
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