The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-07-07
coUTERFElTS ON OHIO BANKS.

CUITEkF ELL YIN Of1lO DANho'
The following is a list of counteriels on the sol.
,JseJess tt, prIt b .sa',n t
whose charters have expired, or which have fail ID.
Rank of .Ma.s,llon-l's, vignette steamboat aud
railroad cars which is not on the genuine
,O,s. new issue; unlike the geuui'e: vignette a
steamboat, oop aud ship under SAL.
Citv Bank 0f CieUeiand, Cleveland -3's, the fig
ure 3, across the bill is not dIsnnct.
Clia,on Bank of CoiumbuS-lO'5 altered from rs;
easily detected,
Commercial Bank of Cincinnati-3's letter A,
beautifully executed. and likely to deceive the
hest Judges. In the centre o! the hue is large
figure 3, the medallion part of which, in the gem
uine i, beautifully wrought, whilst IN the coun-
terfeit, it is faint and but partially formed. No
tice also, thai the female upon the left of the bill
in the genuine has string of beads 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 1915.
Dayton Bank SIS letter A, regularly countersign-
ed by the Register. 1t is half an inch shorter
than the genuine The flourish over tne lett r
"a, should be the same as over 'Nc" in the
counterfeit it is just the ere'erse-ehSra'ihSi III
ferior TO the genuine
franklin Bank Of ZdnesciHe, GAINESVILLE -3's.
lett,r A: the figure 3 across the bill is very in-
distinct.
I,Euy.tte Rtnk-l's vlsnetle steam boat; on the
left an Indian holding up has right hand
IS. letter c., badly executed, Cashr name engra.
we'd, Whale face of the bill lighter than genuine
As LET. B., Wig sgners of the Declaration OF lnde-
nsodance. most beautifully engraved, and good
panar Gano. Cashier; Carlisle, President OBJ
serve the head of Lafayette; in the genuine there
ia flourish or hair stroke, which Is dec ate aud
nearlv touches the marginal border IN which he
head is encircled, sh hist in the counterfeit IL is
coarse, breaks of abruptly, and lacks lhe 10Th OF
an inch Of touching. Notice also the nourlsh
above the word Cashier which, Ia The TenuIne
tnrns no and nearly touches the word Cincln-
natl. whilst in the counterfeit 1t turns down.
los. SD urious They have for vlgnete view Oh
the ocean, aud al eagle resting upon smell.
los letter B, vigueue an eagle standing Ia a car,
wings expanded The engraving good, butpa
per bad The bank has no such plates
,o,s s,urious The vignette is two children seat.
ed on the right end afuIl length portrait of Gen.
lafayette Payable to II. Peachen' Thomas
String and other persons, and OF different dates
The medallion head, with the wnrd TEN stamp
ed on It is very rough and indi-unct
1O's, letter. B. dated January LIST l845. w. G. w.
Gano, cash, with pale ink. G. Taylor Prest.
Paper rather dark, general appearance good
Dos, close imitation Of genuine; let b. dated Jan.
1874, paw G. Conahan: the toes of the female
in the yipnette imperfect, and the right hand of
the Indian on the lett end of the bill imperfect.
iOO'ss urious. The genuine bills have red back
ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co.'s, sPuri-
Gus. Vignette drove OF cattle and locomo.
tive and cars in the distance.
Sandusdy Ciiy Bank-3's letter A. Description
about the same as the description OF the counter
felt 3's on the Commercial Bank OF Cincinnati.
SLATE Bank Of Ohio-5's, engraving coarse. The
bin contains the red back; and on the back Of
the genuine it reads 'State Bank of Ohoi' on
the counterfeit it reads State of Ohio
ga. SIS and los, alt from Is and rs; hold them
up to the light and the alteration can be detected
zoos, none higher than sos issued.
western R,seuue Jaak-l0s, letter d. (Murray,
Draper g. Fairman's plate,) badly executed
Date unknown The words Western Reserve
Bank are on the left, end '0hio' on the right
hand margin; on the genuine notes they are the
reverse Signed Zalmsn Fitch.
OTHER BANK PAPER.
= The principal part of the circulation in this sec
ior Of the State, in addition to Ohio paper, is on
tie banks OF Indiana, Kentucky, Western Penn
sylvsnia, and Wheeling, Va, which passes gener-
ally al par. Care should be taken in handling In,
diaua aad Kentucky paper. as the counterfsits on
those banks are numerous