The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-08-19
Counterfeit DeteCtOr.
A. LIST OF CouNTERFEITs ON BANKS IN THIS
STATE OHIO.

s. altered from'ls Particulars unknown.
BANK OF ZANESVILLE
bady executed tho papervey him. ondte female ngHFe
and shea of wheat in the centre Of the note very deec'
tive ye signature of the cashier lacks the periods ut the
abbrevaton Of Charles and the nn c. ~vhe note wa
shave seen the letter A. payable to n L. Dugan, and
dated the 9Th Feb, 1888.
BANK OF MARIETTA at Marietta.
So altered to 1Os aud 2Os of Murray, Dapcrs Fair
~Rau g. Cos, plate, letter and date unknown, The Bank
has no notes of this plate of larger denomination
than S. 100
3s letter A payable Jones, dated Aug 10TH 1888,
Signed Afius Nye, Cashr, John Mile, Pres.
The small Ovals the left hand margin appear to be drawn
with pen.
ga letter a. dated July 81 I836they be detected by OBJ
serving that the counterfeit bills are OF an Inch shorter
>and of an inch nerrower than the genuine bills.
IS arrisons plate letter unknown pay to H. Nye April 3,
1913.
BANK OF MT. PLEASANT.
oOs and lOs altered from Is The genuine have no Wig
-nette.
BANK OF WOOSTER, Ono.
los altered from Is Easily dOced letter A. dated April g.
1885, Joseph s, Lake, President Benin Benty, Cashier,
be detected by holding them up to the light.
BELMONT BANK, ST.. CLAIRsvILLE.
old pote altered IS and also TO 9 Vgnette THE gen.
uine one, laborer splitting log
IS letter r. pay j. Weir of varions Aaes May J. 1927,
and others hprI 4 1929 They exceedingly well eIecu-
ted but he detected by observing that the letter In dol
lars is not crossed
IS letter B. pay j. Armstrong dated Sept. 10th, 1929. The
in dollars is crossed with pen.
los altered from Is, pay Joy, letter B. dated Sept g.
1929.
los altered from Is, letter Az psy B. Osborn, June G,
1918.
los altered from Is-ietter A ....
COMMERCIAL BANK OF CINGINNATI.
los letter A, payable to John W. Wales dated May 4h
1887 signed S. Armstrong President W. s. Hatch, Cash.
Ter, and engraved by Underwood, Bald Spencer fhe
signatures are toleraby well executed The ccunierfets
may be easily detected by noticing the place. the bsnk hav.
aofN thu
the top, vgnec of William the Fourth, and on the
right and left female figures, the former seaaied, holding
sileaf Of wheat, and the latter sanding with cap OF
liberty in her right hand The one before us bears date May
1887 and has the name Of w g. Hatch cashier Since
ocoher 1856 U dollar bills have been issued subscrb
eddy Mr.. Hatch, who Is not now cashier.
COMMERCIAL BANK LAKE ERIE.
D of various dated "a, 1884, payable to H.
Seymour Engraving course.
S. STEREOTYPE pate letter NJ ofvariou5 dates ana payaDo 10
various persons. T. p Handy cashier, L. Case, President
Remarkably well executed and calculated to deceive the
most exoegeHced Judges The signatures are apparently ot
hand writing and rather stfhrst being marked out
by small dots in engraving paper bad *+soherve that
ne letter in the word Directors has no dot above IT,
the Of the Bank finely engraved over the whole taco
of the face OF dollar notes. and the Counterfeit
y detected by observing that in the finn line, the letter
in the word .Commercia" Ia ommed. II is between The
words "Lake Ee the right end of the Rote and "con
puny of the"
IO spurious-vignote-Ge Of Liberty reclining tho
Of Ohio. Leonard Case, President, A. Z. uandy
Cashier. ..
FARMERS BANK, AT CANTON. f
rs letter l. pNyNhe n lind, dated November 8, 1887 viz
nette sTEAM Boar, aud read simply "Te Farmers DanR
instead of e" hs Farmers Bank of Canton" the gen.
uine 2s there is no Steamboat.
SIS SPURIous-have for view of Wagon and Horses on left
end of the noteand m right end, seraby engraved
Medallion head OF Washington They purpo 10 be eograv-
ed by Underwood, Dald and spener-signed N. Fogle,
cashier and John Harris President. L. Fogie is Cashier
of this Institution.
O0a 1s ha nv
holding them 10 the light when the alteration visible.
FARMERS AND MECHANICS BANK STEUBEN-
VILE.
spurious letter pay Patterson May 1885, Moore
dry Cash.. 1Dyke, President. The of the person
TO whom payable and presidents name engraved-vg.
nette, female figure with LibcuyCap aud Eagchead of
Washington right end, aud seaf of wheat on left.
3s spurious same vignette the 2s with side figures re-
veTsedrayahe TO j. Patterson, (engraved May 6, 1888,
Moodry, Cashi'r, Dixie, tcnE.) President
SIS altered from Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Burlington,
Wv. Abe vignie. which is totally unlike the genuine hills
is female holding in one hand goblet TO eagle. En-
graved by Burton & GureyN NY
SIS letter A. payable 10 j. Wilson, dated June g. 1870 Jno
Vndrews President, D. Moody, Cashier The general
cution good-though the vgnete "GOddess of Liberty"
Is coaTse,-Paper light aud thin.
los letter dated JAM TO- 1840 payable TO b. Wells signed
Jno. Andrews, President w Spence, Cashier. Vgnette
n Female with one resting plough Paper thin
pale Engraving pretty good
20s and los altered from Is On the left hand end Of the
genuine one is view ola canal.
FRANKLIN BANK OF COLUMBUS.
3s let s. pay A. Fish, Nov 8, 1886 NJ Espy, cash G. W.
Prescott Pres Engraving
3s letter H. dated May 18th 1885, payable 10 s. JONES'
craving coarse.
IS letter pay IT, allen, June 0, 1885, e. Lawrence CasIi
G. Swan. jr. President.
5s letter pay ate Banking House.. All bills Of the letter
payable at the banking house spurious,
5s Teya OF the letter and made payable 10 p Hnn'
dy. N. Noble Jones' II. p. Espy, and probably others
The Bank has issued any payable 10 t. p. HANDY or
N Noble The counterfeit which has been presented Is dated
Oct. g. 1884 There also dates. No genuine Notes Of
this plate have been ued of the date just mentioned nor
have anyEbeen nubeed above 100 since the yeaT 1929
The conuees Hhorter and narrower than the genuine
bills The ensrHyingon close examination, is found TO he
coarse, particularly the vignettee which Is inferior in exc
eution the heads Of Washington and franklin on tho
margin, The eyes Of the Washington head, badly i'm
ated Te signature Of the cashier very Detective In
the genuine there very slight mark. which is want
ing in the counerfeits, Just the word 'TuE,"
mencing resident, Directors and Co." small hair
stroke intended TO he part Of the letter "P which fol-
laws Te Of this, although II Is very slight. " suli'
Client detect the connieres, TlIe words "Banking
House" are inserted any other note issued by The
Banks except Five Dollar note Of the place thus
terftited, 81
los letter altered from 81, Signed N Espy, Cashier G.
Swan, President,
GERMAN BANK OF WOOSTER.
S. altered from is, May he detected by hodrg up the
light the dgure 5 is pasted over the one,
The letter s Is also left of the word dollars.
Lancaster Ohio Bank.
Is, very badly executed
3s let pay Gill; date June 80, 1923, othep dated Jan
81 8