The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-02-13
Bank Note Table.
corrected ,0eekiy for the Spirit Of Democracy
OHIO.

! Bank OF MassilloD, Massill0n Dc
| Clinton Bank of Columbus dc
Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati dc
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. Cincinnati dc
BANKS WHOSE CHARTERS RAVE EXPIRED,
Bank CT Chillicothe par
Bank of Cleveland dc
Bank of Marietta dc
Bank of Mount Pleasant do
Bank of Xenia do
Bank of GAINESVILLE do
Belmont Bank of St. ClairsviIIe do
Columbiana Bank OF New Lisbon do
Commercial Bank of Scioto, Portsmouth do
Commercial Bank OF Lake Erie, Cleveland dc
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Steubenyile do
Franklin Bank of Columbus do
Franklin Bank, Cincinnati do
Mechanics and Traders Bank, Cincinnati do
Muskingum Bank, Putnam do
BROKEN BANKS.
Bank of Hamilton 10 dis
Bank Of Norwalk 40 dis
Bank of Sandusky 5O dis
Bank of Wooster 72 dis
All other banks either broken or fraudulent.
COUTERFEITS ON OHIO BANKS.
The following is list Of counteriets OIL the SOL
vent banks of this State, We have deemed II
useless to publish the counteriets on those banks
whose charters have expired, or which have failed.
Bunk Of yMassill0n-l's, vignette steamboat and
railroad cars, which is not On the genuine.
los, new issue; unlike the genuine; vignee a
steamboat, s'oop and ship under sail.
CITY Bank of Cleveland, Cleveland -3's, the fig
ure 3, across the bill is not distinct.
Clinton Bank of CoiumbuS-iO's altered from rs;
easily detected
Commercial Bank Of CinciRnati-3s letter A,
beautifully executed, and likely to deceive the
best Judges. In the centre OF the nute is a large
figure 8, the medallion part of which, in the gen.
uine, 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 bill
in the genuine has string Of beads aronnd 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 l84j.
Dayton Bank -5's letter "A, regularly countersgn-
ed by the Register. 1t is half an inch shorter
than the genuine. The flourish over the lett
"A" should be the same as over emo" in the
counterfeit it is just the reverse engraving in
feror to the genuine
Franhial Bank Of ZanesriHe, zanesviIle e-3's,
letter A the figure 3 across the bill is very in-
distinct
Lafayette Bank-l's vlgnette steam boat; on the
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
u "a
pendence, most beautifully engraved aud good
paper. Gano, Cashier; Carlisle, President OBJ
serve the head of Lafayette; in the genuine there
is flourish 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. and lacks the 10Th of
an inch Of touching. Notice also the flourish
above the word Cashier which, ih the genuine e
| turns up aud nearly touches the word CincG-
| natl whilst in the counterfeit it turns down.
| l0's spurious. They have for a vgnette a view OF
! the ocean, and an eagle resting upon she'll
| los letter b, vgnette all eagle standing in car,
wings expanded. The engraving good, but pa
per bad. The bank has no such plates.
| los spurious. The vignette Is two children seat
ed, on the right end full length portrait Of Gen.
Lafayette Payable to II peachen, Thom =
String and other persons and of different date.
The medallion head, with the word TEN stamp-
ed Oh 1t isvery rough and indistnct
l0's, letter B, dated January lst 1915. w. G. w.
| GanU, cash, with pale ink, G. Taylor Prest
Paper rather dark, general appearance good.
2Us, close imitation of genuine; let. b. dated Jan.
4, l64i pay C. Conahan: the toes of the female
! in the vignette imperfect and the right hand ui
the Indian on the lett end OF the bill imperfect.
| 1905 urious. The genuine bills have red back.
| OhiO Life Insurance and Trust Co.'s, spuri-
| Gus. Viguette drove OF cattle aud locomo.
| tive and cars in the distance
| SaniuSdy city BGnk-3's letter a. Description
about the same as the description of the counter
felt 3's on the Commercial Bank OF Cincinnati.
Stale Bath " OhiO--5's engraving coarse. The
bill Contains tHc red back; and on the back OF
the genuine il reads State Bank Q. Jhio;' on
lhe counterfeit It reads state Of Ohio
3's, So aaI los, slt from Is and 2's hold then,
up 10 the light and the alteration can be detected
zoos none htpher than SOS iSsueJ.
Is, letter D, imitation Of genuine, engraving
course; apparently Autographed; signatures lih-
ographed; filling aud date very poorly done
IS, letter payable at the Union Bank, Massil-
lon. Paper aud engraving course.
is, poorly done. The head OF Franklin on the lie
end of the bill is badly engraved and the left eve
is omitted.
l0's, vignette a man OF the lett and female on
the right; railroad cars in the distance on the
left; large X in the centre of the vignette an
eagle at The bottom. The words "State Bank
of Ohio" larger than the genuine
los. gsneral app arance calculated TO deceive, but
on examination and comparison with the genu.
ing, will be found crude, and imperfect in de.
tail. The prominent fgu es in the counterfeit
are lacking in expression and careful minute
ness Faces, hands, implements, &C., in the
central vigEette, are blurred and ndistinct.-
Portrait OF Gen. Harrison oa left hand end, OBJ
Scure anu uuueclueu; III tne genuine the hgure
is distinctly relieved from the back ground, the
coat showing dark in color against it The
dogs head on the bottom part, between the
signatures, is rough and coarse, aud the scrolls
containing the words "Mutua Liabiy" On eth
er side, are faint, and smaller than the genuine.
The figure OF Minerva on the right side, is
perhaps one of the best tests of comparison; in
the genuine, the spear in the right hand Of the
figure, touches the letter L in Ten, above;
while in the counterfeit it is midway between
tho letters 7. and E; and on the breast.plate
face is distinctly seen in the centre. The word
Ten. under the figure, is pale and weak in sbad-
ing, but dark and plain in the genuine.
Is. various branches, good imitation. Detect |
by the star areola ION the back) at the end of
the bar enclosing the words Estate Bank OF |
Ohio;" being set in the centre OF square block |
which is not so in the genuine.
WeStern Rescue bank-l0's, letter D. Murray,
Draper & Fairman's plate.) badly executed.
Date unknown. The words Western Reserve
Bank are on the left, aud Ohio on the right
hand margin; on the genuine notes they are the
reverse. Signed Zalman Fitch.
OTHER BANK PAPER.