The Squished Penny Federal Reserve Bank
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The United States has 12 "official" Federal Reserve Banks that were
established by Congress as the basis of the nation's central
banking system. Many of the services provided to depository
institutions and the federal government by this network of Reserve
Banks are similar to services provided by commercial banks and
thrift institutions to business customers and individuals.
What the typical American may not know is that a 13th Federal
Reserve Bank was created via a sealed Presidential decree in the
early 21st century. The physical location of this Federal Reserve
Bank does not conform to any of the 12 "official" districts and has
been located away from known terrorist targets.
A TOP SECRET fortified structure has been identified in Washington
County, Oregon. The highly hardened and super secure location of
this 13th Federal Reserve Bank was recently disclosed via a Freedom
of Information Act request and is now being made public to a
limited number of Geocachers who have been sworn to secrecy and
have the ability to learn a secret hand shake.
The primary motivation for creating the Federal Reserve System was
to address banking panics. Other purposes are stated in the Federal
Reserve Act, such as "to furnish an elastic" and or elongated
"currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to
establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United
States, and for other purposes." Before the founding of the Federal
Reserve, the United States underwent several financial crises. A
particularly severe crisis in 1907 led Congress to enact the
Federal Reserve Act in 1913. Today the Fed has broader
responsibilities than only ensuring the stability of the financial
system. The responsibilities of the highly secretive 13th Federal
Reserve Bank was to specialize in the precious pieces of flattened
American coinage.
Since the entire institution is underground, a communication and
transportation system very similar to the one at the drive up
banking window of your local commercial bank has been installed.
The portal or communication vehicle to this bank appears to be a
camouflaged plastic container nestled among wispy evergreen trees,
hedges, and other native fauna. It is important when exchanging
communications or transferring squished currency in or out of
circulation to place the container back exactly as it was found in
its resting place.
The container is bigger than the typical "small cache", but smaller
than an ammo box. It is camouflaged and extremely difficult to see.
Do not be alarmed if you hear a swooshing of compressed air as you
enter or exit the portal zone as this is the cache vehicle being
transported back and forth between the underground structure and
the walk up "window".
Since the first elongated coins in the United States were created
at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois held in
1893 the hobby of squished penny collecting has expanded throughout
the United States and the world. Most modern coin "elongating"
machines can be found in museums or landmark gift shops, souvenir
stores, zoos, amusement parks and other locations of this kind. The
Chairman of the 13th Federal Reserve, Chester Flathead, has
instructed the bank to place a number of squished pennies back into
circulation for trading purposes. The squished pennies are located
in a highly secure, but easily opened plastic locking Penny Vault
contained within the communication portal.
This cache starts with 14 squished pennies, a few small travelers,
and a F2F prize for the first geocacher able to locate the portal
vehicle. Bring your squished pennies and trade them. Drop off your
weary travelers. You won't find a safer place for them to rest than
a bank.
Starting Squished Pennies Include:
Undersea World, Crescent City, CA
Koala Bear, Metro Washington Park Zoo, Portland, OR
Washington State Ferry
Mt. McKinley, Alaska
Tigger, Disneyland
Space Needle, Olympic Mountains, Washington
Donald Duck, Disneyland
Jesus Saves
OMSI, Portland, OR
Squirrel Monkey, Oregon Zoo
The Monorail, Seattle, WA
Trees of Mystery, Redwood Hwy, CA
Alaska, The Last Frontier
The Emerald City, Seattle
If you are trading pennies or travelers, please trade even or trade
up. If you do, there will always be something in the cache for the
next person who wants to do the same. Paying it forward is always
rewarded.
Secret handshake details to be released at a later date. Happy
Caching!
Congrats to YOUDAD and his caching crew for an interest bearing
F2F!
Additional Hints
(No hints available.)