Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-10-02

DOS, payable to r. s. Todd, letter A, dated June
10, 1928, signed by G.. c. Gwathmcy, cashier, John
/. Jacob, president. 1t is badly executed, much
lighter than the genuine note, and very imperfect,
in each device The figure Of the Indian on the left
end is much lighter and imperfect particularly around
the head 1t will be easily detected by good judges
zoos, letter \, dated 10th March, 1896, payable
at the Frankfort branch, TO c. 5. MOrchcad, signed
George w. Gwathmey, cashier, and John l. Jacob,
president. The counterfeit is near quarter Of an
inch shorter than the genuine, and in the top line
comma al the word ''Detcctor,' is omitted
5JO's, spurious. The bank has never issued any
Of this denomination.
Bank IF Hntucky, Bowling Green, Ky.
zoos, post notes, letter \, dated Jan. |, 1870 G.
C.Gwathmcy, cashier, V NJ cknight, president Sig
natures and filling up, engraved Payable TO a.
Akrir and by him endorsed, in stiff cramped hand.
Bank Of Louis riHe, Louisville, Ky.
rs, letter A, pay bearer. The vignette, steamer
Henry Clay and railroad cars under way. A. Thurs
ton, cashier, Joshua b. Bowles, president. The
bank has issued no bills Of this plate. The genuine
ones are signed by the cashier only.
Is, purporng to be issued by this bank, signed
John 5 Sncad president dated 1913; the centre Wig
nette, train of rail road The bank has never
issued any resembling this
3's letter a, payable TO j. C. Talbot, dated June
|, 1913. A. Houston, cashier The head Of the fe-
male in the right hand margin is defective. There
is wantinga heavy flourish over the X in the word
bank similar the the III in the same line.
SIS, letter c, payable to r. Miikin, dated October
s, 1888. The signatures are very well executed,
but the engraving is coarse, and the ink much paler
than that in the genuine notes
IS, let. b, pay to Il. Rand, dated July LIST, signed
A. Thurston, cashier, and John Snead, president
The plate is coarscly engraved by the same hand.
5's, letter c payable TO w. Nisbct, dated August
s. 1893, signed A. Thornton, cashier. The engrav-
ing is coarse and ink dark. The impression on the
note before is blurred and indislnct.
Northern Bank Of kentucky.
rs various dates, letter ID, payable at Lcxng ton,
to D. Boone The engraving is inferior to the genu-
inc, and signature Of John TiIford is engraved.
3's, dated August 10, ls3S, gaed NJ. T. Scott,
cashier, payable at Louisville, 10 T. Anderson. The
filling up is miserable and on some Of the bills does
not even initiate the genuine. The signature of
Scott is sH.-the engraving poor and paper much
thinner and coarser than the genuine.
3s, letter 4, payable to Z. S Bush, at Covington,
August !, 1899, NJ. T. Scott, cashier. The plate
appears TO be the same as above the filling up better,
and calculated todcccive at first sight.
3's, let. +, dated Lexington, May II, lS4l. En-
craving well calculated TO deceive, but the filling up
rather poor, and paper light
IS, letter +, pay w. Capcrton, March 9, 1910.
Signature Of the President in smaller hand, and
too short. Name OF NJ. T. Scott, cashier, engraved,
These notes are made payable TO different persons
and at different branches.
los, letter A or c, various dates, pay w. Jones,
NJ r. Scott, cashier, John Tilford, president. OBJ
the two H. in the word 'will'' touch the line
above in the councrfris, but not in the true bill.
l0's, letter \. Nignctte railroad train; engray-
Ing poor and light They are one eighth oil an inch
short er than the genuine.
los, altered from rs, by FASTING the figures 10
the one, and adding vignette on each end of
the bill, Of a woman holding pair OF scales in her
hand.
2Os, letter F, various dates and branches. In tho
centre vignete the upper leaf on tobacco plant, is
vice large in the counterfeit as In the genuine
! and the shading in the letters, Northern Bank oil
Kentucky, is distinctly defined in the genuine, but
faint in the counterfeit The filling up and general
execution is admirable. The Bank issues no notes
Of the letter f.