Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-02-26
From thc;Souther. Chronicle.
COUNTERFEIT NOTES.

A desire having teen expressed, by some
OF the North Carolina papers, 10 be fur
nished with list and description of the
Counterfeit Bills of the Banks in South
Carolina, in order 10 prevent imposition
considerable portion of the circulating
medium Of North Carolina, being compo-
sed Of SouIh Carolina bills-we have ap-
piled to one of the Offices ofthe CONNER
cial Bank, who has politely handed us the
following list:
IS2Us Bank of Charleston, signed j..
Hamilton, President, A. G. Rose, Cashier,
payable 10 T. Street, and dated 18th Nov.
1885. The paper is softer, thinner, and
whittier than in the genuine notes, which
have slight yellow tinge, and owing
10 this. cause the engraving. which is
rather course, looks too black. They may
be readily detected oy The letter r in the
word ''or" before "bearer." In The genu-
inc notes the extreme end of The turns
down with dol, whilst in The spurious
ones it turns up.
SI0's on the Planters and Mechanics
Bank, signed Daniel RaveneI, President,
and S. T. Robinson. Cashier. PAYABLE to
T. Herioi, and daled May 2Slh, 1872
A II that have been seen here are number
ed two hundred and odd. There are sew
eral marks by which they may be infali-
bly, known. In the Cashiers signature on
the genuine no!es the last stroke of the
capital letter "R" descends below the
line and surrounds the 80" next TO il, in-
stead of their being joined in the usual way,
as in The counlerlels. The right baud
end of the good notes has waved water hues
above and below the word "Itn," and a
sleeve is represented on the arm of The
hand that holds ,he hammer in the centre
of the lower margin, all OF which are
wanting in The counterfeit,.
S2U's Bank of Georgetown. The sig
nature of the President. J.. w. Coachman,
and the Cashier, D. L,SM'Kay, are very
well initiated, but otherwise The bills are
altogether unlike The genuine. the yignette
ia the couuIerfeis being a house with COL
umus in front, while in the genuine notes
it is female sitting. and a ship under full
sail. The ink is blacker and The engra-
wing heavier than in the good notes.
S20's and S5Us Commercial Bank of
Columbia. In these no attempt has been
mode to initiate the genuine bills, of which
lle counter(eiters seems 10 have not even
had one before them when completing The
false notes; for they have the name Of ].
Ewarr, as Cashier, whereas all tho good
notes are signed j. A. Crawford. The
plate Of some Commercial Bank in ano.
lher State has been used, and The words
columbia, South Carolina" appear to
have been added with pen.
S5's Bank Of Camden, old issue. The
engraving Of these is seouine, the notes
having been lost on the way from the
North 10 Camden, before they were sign.
ed. Some are circulating entirely blank;
others have the name of the President aud
Cashier, but SO poorly initiated as to i'm
pose on no one who is al all familiar with
them.
SIS of the Bank of the State of South
( '-plina. signed Tho. Salmond, President,
and D. L. DeSaussure, Cashier, and da-
ted Charleston. They see4 10 I.ho-
grapued from an old DILL with the State
House as visuette, aud on bad paper, so
that although the general appearance of
the genuine bills is preserved, The least al
tention will discover their baseness.