The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-06-09
CoUTERFElTs ON OHIO BANKS

The following is list of connterieits On the SOL
vent banks of this. State. We have deemed 1t
useless to publish the counterfelts on those banks
whose charters have expired, which have fail ID.
Bank of .'la.sillon-l's, vignette steamboat and
railroad cars, which is not on the genuine.
los, new issue; unlike the genuiDe; vsnette
steamboat, s'oop aud ship under sail.
Clinton Bank Of COlunibuS-l0's altered from 2's;
easily detected, e.
Commercial Bank of. Cici,pnati-3's letter A,
beautifully executed. aud likely to deceive the
best judges In the centre of the nute is a large
figure 3, the medallion part of which, in the gen.
une, i beautifully wrought, whilst in the coua-
terfeit, it is faint and but partially formed. No.
tice also thai the female upon the left of the bill
ia the genuine has a string Of beads around her
neck, the counterfeit has no beads
The genuine notes Of The OLD bank of this tane
having been mostly all redeemed, it will be best
i to refuse all notes dated previous 10 lS45
Dayton Bd,lk SIS letter A, regularly countersign-
ed by the Register. 1t is half an inch shorter
than the genuine The flourish over the lett.r
ZAP should be The same as over "Np" in the
counterfeit it is just the reverse engraving in
ieri0r to the genuine. .-. 80
L.tayette Bank- l'svigneite steam boat; on the
left an Indian holding has right hand q,
SIS, letter c.. badly executed, Cashr's name engra-
we'd, whule face Of the bill lighter than genuine
SIS, let. B vig-siguers of the Declaration of indie
pendence, most beautifully engraved, and good
---papar. Gano, Cashier; Carlisle, Pte.idenL OBJ
the head of Laiay yetie; in the genuine there
is flourish or hair stroke, which is delicate and
nearly touches the marginal border in which the
head ID encircled, whilst ln the counterfeit il is
coarse, breaks oil abruptly, and lacks the 10Th of
an inch uf touching. Notice also the ileutis,:
above the word Cashier which, ii, The genuine
turns up and nearly touches the word Cnciu-
b. natl, whilst in The counterfeit it turns down.
los, spurious. They have for vignelte view of
the ocean, and all eagle resting upon she'll =
los letter b, vignette an eagle standing ia car,
wings expanded, The engraving good, but pa.
: per bad .fhe bank has no such plates.
los spurious The vgnette is two children seat
ed, on the right end full length portrait nf Gen.
La Fayelte. Payable to II. Peachen, Thomas
String and other persons, and of different dates
q. The medallion head, with the word TEN stamp
ed Oh 1t is very rough and indstinct ASS
l0s, letter B. dated January Isl 1915. W. G. w.
4. Gano, CASH, with pale ink, G. Taylor Prest
Paper rather dark, general appearance good.
eos, close imitation of genuine; let. b. dated Jan.
!, 1914, 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
zoos Spurious. The genuine bills have red back
Ohio Life Insurance and 1rttSt C0-5s, spuri~
Gus. Viguette drove of cattle and locomo-
tive and cars in the distance. i3S
Saaausdy City Bank--S's letter A, Description
about the same as the description OF the counter
felt 3's on the Commercial Bank OF Cincinnati.
State Bank of Ohi0--5's, engraving coarse. Tbe
bill contains the red back; and on the back OF
the genuine it reads State Bank OF Ohio; on
the counterfeit it reads State of Ohio
's, SIS and los, slt from Is and 2s; hold then,
up TO the light and the alteration can be detected ?
00'ss none higher than COS issued. 81,