The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-08-18
CoUTERFEITs ON OHIO BANKS.

The following is list of counterfeits on the sol
vent banks of this State. We have deemed
useless to publish the counterfeits on those bank
whose charters have expired. or which have fail ID
Bank Of Afass,lion-l's, vignette steamboat ant
railroad cars, which is not on the genuine.
los, new issue; unlike the genuine; viguette
steamboat, s'oop and ship under sail.
C,ty Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland. -3's, the fig
ure 8, across the bill is not distinct.
Clinton Bank of CoiumtuS-l0's altered from rs
easily detected.
Commercial Bank Of Cincianai-3s letter A
beautifully executed. and likely to deceive the
best Judges. In the centre OF the nate is large
figure g. the medallion part of which, III the gen.
une, is beautifully wrought, whilst in the coun
terfeit, it is faint and but partially formed. No
tice also, that the female upon the left of the bl
in The genuine has string of beads around heI
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 le45.
Dauton Bank SIS letter A, regularly countersign
ed by the Register. 1t is half an inch shorter
than the genuine The flourish over the lett
ga" should be the same as over "No." i'll the
counterfeit it is Just the revcrse-ensraving in
ferior to the genuine,
Franklin Bank Of ZanesviHe, Ianesville -3's
ie:.+r A; the figure across the bill is very in-
distinct.
Lqfayette Bank-l's vIgnette steam 1oS'; on ihe
left an Indian holding up has right hand
SIS, letter c., badly executed, Cashrs name engra-
we'd. whole face of the bill lighter than genuine.
5's LET. B., Wig signers of the Declaration of Inde.
pendence, most beautifully engraved, and good
paper. Gano, Cashier; Carlisle, President. OBJ
serve the head of Lafayette; in the genuine there
is flourish or hair stroke, which is delicate and
nearly touches the marginal border in which the
head is encrcled, whilst in the counterfeit II Is
coarse, breaks off abruptly. and lacks the lGth of
an inch Of touching. Notice also the flourish
above the word Cashier which, III the genuine
turns up and nearly touches the word Cincin-
nati whilst in the counterfeit 1t turns down.
los. spurious. They have for vignete 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, butpa-
per bad The bank has no such plates.
los spurious. The vgnette is two children seat
ed, on the right end full length portrait OF Geh.
LAFAYETTE. Payable to II. Peachen, Thomas
String and other persons, aud of different dates
The medallion head, with the word TEN stamp
ed on It is very rough and indistinct,
10,s. letter B. dated January lst lS45. W. G. w.
Gauo. cash, with pale ink, G. Taylor Prest
Paper rather dark, general appearance good.
2U's, close imitation of genuine; let b. dated jan
4, l6i4, pay G. Conahan; the toes OF the female
in the vignette imperfect, and the right hand of
the Indian on the lett end of the bill imperfect
l0O's Spurious. The genuine bills have red back
ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co.'s, spuri-
ous. Vignette drove of cattle and locomo.
tive and cars in the distance.
Sandusdy City Bank-3's letter a. Description
about the same as the description OF the counter
felt s's on the Commercial Bank OF Cincinnati.
State Bank of Ohi0-5's, engraving coarse. The
bill CONTAINS the red back; and on the back of
tie genuine it reads State Bank of Ohio;' on
the Counterfeit it reads State of Ohio
SIS, SIS and los, alt from Is and rs; hold them
p to the light and the alteration can be detected
zoos, none higher than SOS Issued.
Western ReseDve baak-10's. letter d. Murray,
Draper & Fairman's plate,) badly executed
Date unknown The words Western Reserve
Bank are on the left, and ohio on the right
hand margin; on the genuine notes they are the
reverse Signed Zalman Fitch.
y1~ OTHER BANK PAPER.
The principal part of the circulation in this Sec
,ion ofthe State, in addition to Ohio paper, is on
the banks Of Indiana, Kentucky, Western Penn
sylysuia, and Wheeling, Va, which passes gener-
ally Al par Care should bs taken in handling In
diana and KentucSy paper. as the counterfeits on
those banks are numerous.