The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-02-19
Bank Note Table.
[coreetsd sueekiy Jor The Spirit If Demsrs'

OLD CHARTERED BANKS.
Bank Of Circleyie, Ill Lawrence, cashier) par
Bank Of Massillon, Massillon DO
Clinton Bank Of Columbus do
Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati Dc
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co., Cincinnati de
BANKS WHOSE CHARTERS HAVE EXPIRED.
Bank of Chlicothe par
Bank Of Cleveland do
Bank of Marietta do
Bank of Mount Pleasant dc
Bank of Xenia, do
Bank of GAINESVILLE do
Belmont Bank OF st. Cairsyille do
Columbiana Bank OF New Lisbon do
Commercial Bank OF SciotO, Portsmouth DO
Commercial Bank Of Lake Erie. Cleveland do
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, SteubenvIlls do
Franklin Bank Of Columbus do
Franklin Bank, Cincinnati do
Mechanics and Traders Bank, Cincinnati do
MuskiDgum Bank, Putnam q dc
BROKEN BANKS.
Bank of Hamilton 10 dis
Bank of Norwalk so die
Bank of Sandusky 10 die
Bank of Wooster 80 dis
| All other banks either broken OF fraudulent. -
COUNTERFEIT ON OHIO BANKS. Il
| The following is alist Oh ounteriets on The sell
vent banks of this State. We have deemed il
useless to publish the counterfeits on those banks
whose charters have expired. which have failsd.
Bank of .Mdssiion-l's, vignette steamboat and
railroad cars, which is not on the genuine. as,a
los, new issue; unlike the genuine; vignetts q
steamboat, sloop and ship under sail. .atsG
C,ty Bank # Cieueiand, CIeveland.-3's. the Gg.
ure 8, acros, the bill is not distinct. j, M,
Clinton Bank of Coluns6us--l0's altered from a.;
| easily detected. s-3L 10
Commercial Bank of Cincianati--3's letter A,
beautifully executed. and likely to deceive the
bestjndges. In the centre Of the note is alsrgs
figure 8, the medallion part of which, in the gen.
une, Is beautifully wrought, whilst in the coun-
terfeit, II is faint aud but partially formed. Mo-
tice also, that the female upon the left Of the bill
in the genuine has string Of beads around her
neck, the counterfeit has no beads ss4 .E
The genuine notes of the old bank of this n,Ins
having been mostly all redeemed. it wilIb best
to refuse all notes dated previous to l645. 7..r
Dayton Bank -5's letter A, regularly coun.ersign-
ed by the Register. 1t is half an inch shorter
than the genuine The flourish over the letter
"a" should be the same as over "No." in the
counterfeit it Is just the reverse--engraying in
ferior to the genuine .F,iL
Franklin Bank Of Zanesuil1e, Zanesvilles-3's.
letter A; the figure across the bill 10 very in.
distinct ,,s -
Lafayette Bank-1's vignette steam boat; on the
left an Indian holding up his right hand.
SIS, letter c., badly executed, Caehrs name eDKra.
we'd whale face of the bill lighter than genuine
SIS, let. b., Wig sgners of The Declaration Of lnds.
pendence, most beautifully engraved, and good
paper. Gano, Cashier; Carlisle, PI esident. 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 10
coarse breaks of abruptly. and lacks the 10th Of
an inch Of touching. Notice also the flourish
above the word Cashier which, il, the genuine
turns up and nearly touches the word Cincin.
natl whilst in The counterfeit it turns down.
los, spurious. They have for vignete view Of
the ocean, and an eagle resting upon a she'll
los letter b, vignete an eagle standing in q 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 Gsh.
La Fayette. Payable to H. Peacben, Thomas
String and other persons, and of different dates.
The medallion head, with the word TEN stamp
ed Oh 1t is very rough and indistinct. e
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.
4, 1874, pay C. Conahan: the toes of the female
in the vgnette imperfect, and the right hand of
zoos SPURIOUS. The genuine bills have red back.
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co.'s, spuri.
Gus. Vignette drove OF cattle and a locomo:
tive and cars in the distance. N
SanduSdy City Bank-3's letter A. Descrption
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; aud on the back sf
the genuine threads 'State Bank of Ohio;' o.
the counterfeit it reads State of Ohio go
S's, S. and los, alt from Is and 2s; hold them
up to the light and the alteration can be detected
zoos, none higher than SOS issued.< sgsi
rs, letter d, imitation of genuine, engraving,
course; apparently Autographed; signatures lith-
oggaphed; filling and date ye,y poorly done. ,3
IS, letter payable at the Union Bank, Massil
Ion. Paper and engraving course. s.e
SIS, poorly done. The head of franklin on the lsft
end of the bill is bsdiy engraved and the left eve
is omitted. Af
los, vignette man on the left and a female. on,
the right; railroad cars in the distance on the
left; large X in the centre of the vignetts an
eagle at the bottom. The words estate Bank
of Ohio" larger than the genuine. ~
los, general appearance csculatedto TO deceive, but
OH examination and comparison with the genu.
ing, will be found crude, and imperfect 10 de-
tail. The prominent figures in the counterfeit.
are lacking in expression and careful minute
ness Faces, hands, implements, &C., In the
central vgaette, are blurred and indistnct.-
Portrait of Gen. Harrison on left hand end. oh
scure and undecided; in the genuine the figure
is distinctly relieved from the back ground ~.
dogs head on the bottom part, between tbe
signatures, is rough and coarse, and the scroIls
containing the words "Mutual LiabiIy'' on eith-
er side, are faint, and smaller than the. genuine.
The figure Of Minerva ON the right side, il
perhaps one of the best tests of compartment, in
the genuine. the spear in the right hand Of the
figure, touches the letter T in Ten, above:
while in the counterfeit it is midway betwes.
the letters t. and f; and on the brcast.plate .
face is distinctly seen in the centre. The WORD
Ten, under the hgures is pale and weak 10 staa.
ing, but dark and plain in the genuine.
Is. various branches; a good imitation. Dste.t
by the star or areola ION the back) at the end If
the bar enclosing the words "Stste Bank ef
Ohio;" being set in the centre OF square block.
which is not so in the genuine. N
Western Reserve bank-10's, letter d. MURRAY.
Draper G. Fairman's pate.) badly EXECUTED.
Date unknown. The worl is Western Reserve
Bank'-sre on the left. ands Ohio on the risht
hand margin; on the genuine notes they are ~