Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-02-12

w hNclou iiouf " ihC Be'ehhc "shy oui-
lar lie, have the heads OF Penn and Washington.
aud the Wig ,e,,e Of 3enn's treaty with tile Indians
The altered notes have The heads Of B. Franklin
aud VIM Penn.
ScaurIKiLi BASKs--6's payable to dfFrren,
pen ,ns and Of various dses They can be detected
by observing ths, the heads of Washington and
Ffankin are very imperfect and cosrsely executed.
cOUs try BANKS.
BAsx OF DsIAwAxg Couxrv.--20's sltered
from s's Well executed.
SOS altered from SIS, pay to 7. Clyde, dated
Jan. !, 1898. Letter A, signed Cha. 5. Tolwr,
Cash. John kerlin. President. The wori fifty at.
ter bearer is somewhat Hotiei. Aiso the circle in
which the figures ore is very dark.
BASK Of GSrrrsBuas, AT GErrrsbURe.-5's
old plate, which read Gettysburg Bank, letter d,
pay 10 j. Kerr, dated Nov. l. 1881.
BANK OF MoNraonEnr CuuNrr.-5's litter d
others F, others a pay J Wells, u. Beaver, and
w. Webb, dated Nov. |, 1929, Juyc, 1885, and
May ?. 1925. vghct.e and light.
BANK OF PirTsBuRe.-5's letter &, of various
dates, and payable to different persons. The Wig
nette is blacksmi h wi h bis implements Of trade.
They ore well done There are but few genuine
notes of this plate out.
los and 20's altered from counterfeit S.. Any
one who has ever seen good 10 or 20 can dete.,
them.
eos spurious. The genuine eos have fo, a Wig
Reite blacksmith .ted on an anvil. The bad
notes, female leaning on sn urn
CARLISLE BANK, CaRLIsLE.-5's well executed
letter B. The heads of Washington and Franklin
much lighter than the genuine.
CoLumnrA BANK AND BRIDGE CoxrAxY, Co.
LuaBIA.--l00's altered from SIS. The true zoos
have for a vignetie, large female GguIe, one arm
resting on shield, with plough and ship; on
right end female representing Commerce; thcs,
figures are no, on the altered bills.
EAsros BANK, EAsroS.-5's, letter G, pay o
Rice, J. Dunt1, Z. Rice, dated May |, 1884, May
q, 1899, Aug. I, 1897, and 1880. Engraving pi,
Ter than in the genuine notes.
los, letter &, payable to j. Post, dated. Feb
1924.
E1cHASeE BASK, PIrTssuRe.-5's, spurious
! vigne,,c, a sailor leaning agans, un anchor.
los, letter a, of various dates, &. The name
of Cashier and President engraved.
| los, spurious, altered from Exchange Bank an
! Savings Institution. Vigne,le. Perry's Victor,
| The true los have female figure seated beiwee
two chests for vignette.
! FARMERs BAsx OF READISG.-5's, letter
pay G. Smith, Jan. /, 1893 Others letter A,
Strong, May 20. 1896. Engraving coarse.
zoos litter A, lay 10 John Harold. No genuin
bills payable to Harold
FAnNERs' BANK, LANcAsrEa.-5's letter A
pay TO J. Wind, George H. King, of various date
The letter A is not 50 near the oval in which ID tn
figure 5, a. on the genuine noies Signatures
the officers in The same hand writing
los, letter A, ]. Wind. May 8, 1899; others
different dates, &c. Well executed.
los, and sos, altered from counterfeit 5's. L
silly detected.
FARMLrs' BANK OF BuoKs CouNrr, BRIsTo
SIS, dated lsl March, 1898. at Bristol ius,ead
Huluievle.
los letter A, others B, dated February 6, Isl
S,pt 10, 1919, pay F, Plncor, and others.
SOS altered from SIS. The true So. have for
vignctte man, horse, and harrow, with a view
factory.
FRASKLiN BAsK, WAsHINGroS.--5's, leitJr
Of various dates, &c. Cashiers name engravt
The head or cross piece on the handle Of the spa
on the boys shoulder, in the vignet,e, is put on
one side. The impression s not good, nor t
paper as fair as the genuine.
> SIS. and los, altered flom Bank of Washi ngt
: (wmthless) signed Thomas ii. Baird, Preside
" dated in 1916. This Bank commenced in 1886.
HAsRIsBrRG BANK, H.aRIsBuRe.-5's, let
" d, others &, pay II. Award. J. Ross, daed NJ
Ia, 1919, Nov. 3, 1870.
y los, spurious. Paper thin and fmsy. Tie
: nuine l0's have Goddess OF Liberty" for vigne
J. the counterfeits Steamboat, Rail Road cars, IL
. TO-, lett,r A, pay Z. Whi,eslde. May 4, 1872
2o's altered from los, (counterfeit,) Vigne
" view of tue Capitol.
MINERS BAsK, PoTrsvILLE.-5s, letter +
- various dates payable to different persons. In
true notes the letter ia below the !, and
schuyisl, and in the bad it is under the X. /
q p in Pousvli,e ia is Of an inch too far from
J. left marginsl vign-,te. The curl Of the 3D.
&c Demand. III the genuine, almost touches the IT
y in the cocnteIlrit ii is Is OF an inch off. The
in Potsv.ile, instead of being crossed in strai
= line. the coss inclines upwards. Signatures \
Is done
SIS, altered from the Hazeton Coal Co. sig
I. r. Miner, T,elsurer; Samuel Moore President
& MoxuNGIHLLl BASK, BRowSsVILLE.-20's
he ,,re.l fs,uu a. l. tsily detected