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12. Operations in Principal Departments of the Federal Reserve Banks, 2004-2007
Operation 2007 2006 2005 2004
Millions of pieces
Currency processed 35,653 37,694 36,463 36,242
Currency destroyed 6,509 6,766 6,551 6,748
Coin received 63,255 59,705 56,080 55,655
Checks handled
U.S. government checks 1 214 222 216 234
Postal money orders 164 171 176 187
All other 3 10,001 11,083 12,228 13,904
Securities transfers 2 24 22 22 20
Funds transfers 135 134 132 125
Automated clearinghouse transactions
Commercial 9,363 8,231 7,339 6,486
Government 1,027 992 964 941
Millions of dollars
Currency processed 642,168 664,592 639,832 625,127
Currency destroyed 104,082 84,742 83,187 90,943
Coin received 6,124 5,779 5,412 5,403
Checks handled
U.S. government checks1 256,994 269,073 252,192 277,649
Postal money orders 31,626 28,066 28,395 29,045
All other3 15,897,747 16,442,820 15,684,615 14,287,740
Securities transfers2 435,577,505 377,258,592 368,896,819 313,425,252
Funds transfers 670,665,569 572,645,790 518,546,733 478,946,947
Automated clearinghouse transactions
Commercial 14,547,234 13,124,434 12,801,914 12,543,907
Government 3,716,928 3,474,364 3,156,556 2,913,189

1. Starting in 2005, this category includes government checks handled electronically (electronic checks); amounts in bold are restatements to reflect the inclusion of electronic checks. Return to table
2. 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. Amounts in bold are restatements.Return to table

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