Illustration for magnetic ink character recognition: The first section of numbers represents the 9 digit bank routing/transit number.  The first two numbers of the 9-digit R/T is the federal reserve district where the bank is a member. Fonts used: GnuMICR
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9 March 2008 (upload date)
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>