The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1850-01-16
.CoUTERFEITS ON OHIO BANKS.

The following is a list of counerfeits on the SOL
vent banks of this State. We have deemed 1t
useless to publish the counterfets on those banks
whose charters have expired, or which have failed.
Bank of .Mussllon--l's, vignette steamboat and
railroad cars, which is not on the genuine.
lO's, new issue; unlike the genuine; vignetts a
steamboat, s'oop and ship under sail.
C,ty Bank Of Cleveland, Cleveland --3's, the hg-
ure 8, across the bill is not distinct.
Clinton Bank of Columbus--l0's altered from 2s;
easily detected. =.
Commercial Bank of Cincin,,ati--3's letter A,
beautifully executed. aud likely 10 deceive the
best Judges. In the centre OF the note is large
figure g. the medallion part of which, in the gen.
uine, i. 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 1S45.
Davton Bank SIS letter A, regularly countersign-
ed by the Register. 1t is half an inch shorter
than the genuine The flourish over the Letter
| ga" should be the same as over "No." in the
counterfeit it is just the reverse-engravingi in
ferior to the genuine .-........
Franklin Bank of Zanespille, GAINESVILLE. .-3's.
letter A; the figure across the bill is very in.
! distinct ..r,
LAFAYETTE Bank-1's vlgnette steam boat; on the
| left an Indian holding up his right hand.
S. letter c., badly executed, Cashr's name engra
we'd whole face of the bill lighter than genuine.
SIS, let B., Wig sgners 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 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. and lacks the 10th of
an inch of touching. Notice also the flourish
above the word Cashier which, i'll the genuine
turns up and nearly touches the word Cincn-
natl whilst in the counterfeit it turns down.
los, spurious. They have for vgnelte view of
the ocean, and an eagle resting upon she'll
los letter b, vignette an eagle standing IN car,
wings expanded. The engraving good, butpa-
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 H. Peachen, Thomas
String and other persons, and of different dates.
The medallion head, with the word TEN stamp.
ed on 1t is very rough and indistnct.
los, letter b. dated January lst lS45. w. G. w.
Gano, cash, with pale ink, G. Taylor Prest
Paper rather dark, general appearance good.
2U's close imitation of genuine; let. B. dated Jan.
a, 1874, pay c. Conahan: the toes of the female
in the visnette imperfect, and the right hand pi
the Indian on the lett end of the bill imperfect
1905 SPURIOUS. The genuine bills have ared back
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co.'s, spuri-
Gus. 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 3's on the Commercial Bank OF Cincinnati
State Bank of Ohio-5s, engraving coarse. The
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's, 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 iasued
rs, letter u, imitation of genuine, engraving
course; apparently Autographed; signatures lith
ographed; filling and date very poorly done.
SIS, letter B payable at the Union Bank, Massil
lon. Paper and engraving course. l1
SIS, poorly done. The head of franklin on the left
end of the bill is badly engraved and the left eye
is omitted. aaf ~
los, vignette man on the lett and female on
the right; railroad cars in the distance on the
left; a large x in the centre of the vignette ar
eagle at the bottom. The words estate Banl
of Ohio larger than the genuine. ai
Western Reseuve bdnk-l0's, letter ID. (Murray
Draper g. Farmans plate,) badly executed
Date unknown. The words Western Reserve
Bank are on the left. and ohio on the righ
hand margin; on the genuine notes they are tn,
reverse. Signed Zalman Fitch. o
OTHER BANK PAPER. eat
The principal part of the circulation in this sec
ton of the State, in addition to Ohio paper, is OF
the banks OF Indiana, Kentucky, Western Penn
syivania, and Wheeling, Va, which passes gener
diana and Kentucky paper. as the counterfeits OF
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