The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-06-23
COUTERFEITS ON OHIO BANKS.

The following is list of counteries Oh the sol
vent banks of this State. We have deemed i
useless to publish the counterfeits on those bank
whose charters have expired. which have fail I'd
Bunk Of .Nasslllon-l's, vignette steamboat ant
railroad cars, which is not on the genuine
los, new issue; unlike the genuine; vgnette
steamboat s'oop and ship under sail.
City Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland. --3's, the fig.
ure B, across the bill is not distinct.
Cliaton Bank of C0lumbuS--l0's altered from s.
easily detected
Commercial Bank of Cincianati-3's letter A
beautifully executed. and likely to deceive the
best Judges In the centre of the nate is a large
figure 8, the medallion part Of which, in the gem
uine, is beautifully wrought, whilst in the coun-
terfeit, it is faint aud but partially formed No.
tice also, that the female upon the left of the bill
in the genuine has string of heads around her
neck, the counterfeit has no beads
The genuine notes OF the old bank of this name
having been mostly all redeemed, it will be best
to refuse all notes dated previous to l845
Dayt0u Bank-5's letter A regularly counersign-
ed by the Register. 1t is half an ZACH shorter
than the genuine The flourish over the lett +
"A'' should be the same o-er "No." in the
counterfeit it is just the revese-engraving in-
ferior to the genuine
Franklin Bank of ZanesriHe, Zanesville. .-3's,
letter A; the figure across the bill is very in
- distinct
Lafayette Bdnk-l's vIgnette a steam boai on the
left an Indian holding up has right hand.
SIS, letter c.. badly executed, Cashr's name engra-
we'd, whale face of the bill lighter than genuine
SIS let. B., Wig signers of the Declaration Of lnde-
pendence, most beautifully engraved, and good
paper. Gano. Cashier; Carlisle, President OBJ
serve the head of Lafayette; in the genuine there
is a flourish or hair stroke, which is delicate and
nearly touches the marginal border in which the
head is encircled, whilst in the counterfeit il is
coarse, breaks off abruptly. andlacks the 10Th of
an inch Of touching. Notice also the flourish
above the word Cashier which, III the renuine
turns up aud nearly touches the word Cincn-
natl, whilst in the counterfeit it turns down.
los, spurious They have for vgnette view Of
the ocean, and an eagle resting upon shell.
los letter B, vignette an eagle standing in a car,
wings'expanded The engraving good, but pa
per bad The bank has no such plates.
l0's spurious The vignette is two children seat
ed, on the right end full length portrait of Ger.
La Fayeite. Payable to II. Peachen, Thomas
String aud other persons, and of different dates
The medallion head, with the word TEN stamp
ed Oh 1t il very rough and indisIiuct
los, letter B dated January lst 1915. WIG. w.
Gano, cash., with pale ink, G. Taylor Prest
Paper rather dark, general appearance good
aus close imitation of genuine; let. B. dated Jan.
A, 1874, pay G. Conahan the toes of the female
in the viguette imperfect, and the right hand of
the Indian on the lett end of the bill imperfect
zoos SPURIOUS. The genuine bills have red back
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co.'s, spuri-
ous. Vignette a drove OF cattle and a locomo-
tive and cars in the distance.
Sn,duSdy City Bnlk--3's letter A. Description
about the same as the description OF the counter
% felt 3's on the Commercial Bank OF Cincinnat
State Bank Of Ohio--5's, engraving coarse The
bill contains the red back; and on the back of
the genuine il reads State Bank of Ohio; on
the counterfeit it reads State Of Ohio
SIS, SIS and los, alt from Is and 2's; hold them
up to the light and the alteration can be detected
zoos, none higher than SOS issued.
Western Rescue bank--l0's, letter D. Murray,
Draper & Fairnsn's plate.) badly executed.
Date unknown. The words western Reserve
Bank are on the left, end 'Ohio' on the right
bsa hand margin; on the genuine notes they the
sa4 reverse. Signed ZaIman Fitch.
OTHER BANK PAPER.
The principal part of the circulation in this Sec
ton Of the State, in addition to Ohio paper, is on
the banks OF Indiana, Kentucky, Western Penn
syiyania, and Wheeling. Va, which passes gener
ally at par. Care should be taken in handling In
diana and Kentucky paper, as the counterfeits OF
those banks are numerous.