The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-02-14
COUNTERFEIT BILLS.

We are indebted TO the Editor Of the
Columbia Chronicle for .hc following lis
Of counterfeit notes on the Banks Of South
Carolina, which he was furnished BY an
officer of the Commercial Bank. Asa
great portion Of our circulating medium il
composed Of bills on the Banks of South
Caroli.la our friends would do well 10 prc.
serve this lis, to project themselves from
being imposed upon;
S9Ts Bank of Charleston, signed J. Hamilton.
presr, A G. Rose, Cashier. payable 10 T. Street.
and dated the 18th Nov 1895. The paper IS sof.
Ter. thinner and winter than in the genuine note,
which have slight yellow ,inge, and owing,o
this cause the engraving, which is rather coarse.
looks too black. They may bs readily detected
! Nv the letter ia tic word "or F" before "bcaretH
/ In the genuine notes the extreme end Of the =
turns down with dot, whilst in the spurious ones
il turns up.
sIO's or the Planters and Mechanics Bank,
sirncd Daniel R=venol. President, and :. I. 10.
binson, Cashier payable to r. llcrioi, and dated
May 2sth, 1912 All that have been seen here
are numbered iwn hundred and odd. There are
several marks by which they may be iniallibIy
known. In the Cashiers signature m the gen.
uIne notes the last stroke OF tic capital letter r.
dcseends below tic line and surrounds tho o.
next to il, instead Of teir beng joined in The US.
nal way, as in the eountefioiis. The RICH, hand
end Of the good notes has waved water lincs q.
hove and below the word Ten" and a sleeve IL
represented on the arm Of the hand that holds the
hammer 10 the centre Of the lower margin, all
which are wanting in the counterseis.
sg0's BANK Of Georgetown. Tho signatures Of
the President. J. ". Coachmar, and the Cashei
D. l.. Mckay. are very well initiated. but other
wise the bills are altogether unlike tho genuinr
the vignette ia tho connterfoiis being a bOas
with columns IN front. wbilc in the genuine nori
il is female sitting, and a ship under foil sal
The ink is blacker and the engraving hcatsi
than the good noes,
s2Us aud SOS Commercial Bank Of Columbi,
In those no attempt has been mado 10 initiate lie
genuine bills, of which the eoan,orteers seen
not TO ,layo bad even one before them when cor.
pleiing the ia,se notes; iur they have the nara
Of J. Ewart. az Cashier. whereas all the goeI
notes are signed J A Crawford. The plas Of
some Commercial Bank in auo,her State ka
, been used. and tho woods colunlhs, SouIh Car
olina." appear TO have been added With pen
ass Bank OF Camden, old issus. The sng1t
ing 10 these is genuine, the notes having heta
lost on the way from the North TO Camden, Be
fore they were signed. Some are circulating &c.
iirely blank Others have tho names Of the P'r,,
ident aud Cashier. bot so poorly initiated as to
impose on no one who Is a, all familiar With then
sl's Bank Of the State Of =. Carolina, signed
Thomas Salmond. Prsf. and d. l. Desaunrf',
Cashier. and dated Charleston. They seem to b
Autographed from an old bull with the stas
House ps q vignette, and on bad paper. 70 thai
although the general appearance Of the genaih'
bills is preserved, tho leas, allenson will dscsV'
or their baseRcSs.