Table 12. Operations in principal departments of the Federal Reserve Banks, 2007-10
Operation 2010 2009 2008 2007
Millions of pieces
Currency processed 32,143 31,891 33,256 35,653
Currency destroyed 5,948 6,049 6,517 6,509
Coin received 62,345 65,349 64,438 63,255
Checks handled
U.S. government checks1 185 202 269 214
Postal money orders 121 131 146 164
All other change to "Commercial" 7,712 8,585 9,545 10,001
Securities transfers2 20 21 25 24
Funds transfers3 125 125 131 135
Automated clearinghouse transactions
Commercial 10,233 9,966 10,040 9,363
Government 1,222 1,195 1,132 1,027
Millions of dollars
Currency processed 569,249 561,013 604,882 642,168
Currency destroyed 120,049 92,708 148,460 104,082
Coin received 6,014 6,288 6,286 6,124
Checks handled
U.S. government checks1 292,261 311,667 316,713 256,994
Postal money orders 23,210 23,675 25,544 31,626
All other change to "Commercial" 11,066,409 13,758,963 15,216,147 14,841,249
Securities transfers2 320,123,901 295,741,666 419,347,256 435,577,505
Funds transfers3 608,325,851 631,127,108 754,974,633 670,665,569
Automated clearinghouse transactions
Commercial 16,941,077 15,418,718 15,662,805 14,547,234
Government 4,426,808 4,297,071 4,008,022 3,716,928

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

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