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12. Operations in Principal Departments of the Federal Reserve Banks, 2006-2009
Operation 2009 2008 2007 2006
Millions of pieces  
Currency processed 31,891 33,256 35,653 37,694
Currency destroyed 6,049 6,517 6,509 6,766
Coin received 65,349 64,438 63,255 59,705
Checks handled  
U.S. government checks1 202 269 214 222
Postal money orders 131 146 164 171
All other 8,585 9,545 10,001 11,083
Securities transfers2 21 25 24 22
Funds transfers3 125 131 135 134
Automated clearinghouse transactions  
Commercial 9,966 10,040 9,363 8,231
Government 1,195 1,132 1,027 992
Millions of dollars  
Currency processed 561,013 604,882 642,168 664,592
Currency destroyed 92,708 148,460 104,082 84,742
Coin received 6,288 6,286 6,124 5,779
Checks handled  
U.S. government checks1 311,667 316,713 256,994 269,073
Postal money orders 23,675 25,544 31,626 28,066
All other 13,758,963 15,216,147 14,841,249 16,442,820
Securities transfers2 295,741,666 419,347,256 435,577,505 377,258,592
Funds transfers3 631,127,108 754,974,633 670,665,569 572,645,790
Automated clearinghouse transactions  
Commercial 15,418,718 15,662,805 14,547,234 13,124,434
Government 4,297,071 4,008,022 3,716,928 3,474,364

1. Includes government checks handled electronically (electronic checks).  Return to table

2. Data on securities transfers do not include reversals. In 2006, the title of this category changed from previous years, but the composition of the category remained the same. Therefore, the data are comparable with data reported in previous years.  Return to table

3. Data on funds transfers do not include non-value transfers.  Return to table