The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-06-11
[Coy.eted ueekiy for the Spirit gf Dem'ef,nsfsJ
OHIO.

Bank Ot CAiliicothe r.
Bank Of Cleveland
Bank of Marietta
Bank Of Mount Peasant 80
Bank Of XeniA %
Bank of Zauesville 10
B.lmont Bank OF ST. Cair.viiie %
{ oIumbaua Bank Of New Lisbon a~
Commercial Bank OF Scioto, Portsmouth %
Commercial Bank Of Lake Eiie. Cleveland 10
Fari iners and Mechanics Bank. Steubenshis ~
Franklin Bank Of Columbus %
Franklin Bank, Cincinnati es
Mechanics aud Traders Bank. Cincinnati
Muskingum Bank. Putnain
nnoREN BANks. ,oa;.
nAnk 81 ,ia"'v" u so die
DahS " roi"aM 10 dis
Dahs o, oahousAy % dis
Bank Of Wooster -.
An other banks either broken or hsaduient'
COUNTERFEITS ON OHIO BAN NO
The foowing is a Iist o, .t,unterisiss Oh ihsss
vent banks of this State. We have aeemea
useless to publish the counterfeis on tncso
whose charters have expired. or which nv ..I
Bunk IF Aa.stii0n-I's, vignette stealu0
railroad cars, which is not Gn the genuine ,s~ ..
los, new issue; unlike the genuine; yign, w =
steamboat, soop aud ship under sail.
C,ty Bank Of Cleoeiand, Cleveland.-3s. the hg.
ure 8, across the bill s not distinct
Ci,fon Bank Of Coium'bus-I0 los altered from 2's; )
easily detected.
Commercial Bank of Ci,,einhdti-a's letter A. :
beautifully executed. aud likely to deceive the
best Judges In the centre Of the hdte " large
figure 8, the medallion part of which. in the gen.
uine, il beautifully wrought. whilst in the coun-
terfeit, il is faint aud but partially formed. Ne.
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
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 lS45
Dayton Bank SIS letter A, regularly countersign-
ed by the Register. II is half All inch shorter
than the genuine The flourish over the lettr
| "a" should be the same as over "No." IN the
counterfeit it is just the reverse-eDgraving In
ferior to the genuine
Ffanklh, Bank Of Zanesuiile, Zanesvile.-ss.
letter A; the figure across The bill is very in-
| distinct T'i
| L,fdyette Bank-1's vIgnette steam boat; on the
| left an Indian holding up his right hand.
SIS, letter c., badly executed, Cashrs name eDgra-
we'd whule face of the bill lighter than genuine.
SIS, let. B., Wig signers of the Declaration OF lnds.
| pendence, most beautifully engraved, and good
| paper. Gano, Cashier; Carlisle, President. OBJ
serve the head Of Lafayette; in the genuine there
is a flourish or hair stroke. whichis delicate and
| nearly touches the marginal border in which the
| head is encirced whilst in the counterfeit u 10
coarse breaks of abruptly, and lacks the 10Th OF
an inch If touching Notice also the flourish
| above the word Cashier which, Ill the genuine
turns up aud nearly touches the word Cincin.
| natl whilst in the counterfeit il turns down.
F., los, spurious. They have for vgnette view Of
the ocean, and al eagle resting upon a shell.
los letter b, vignette an eagle standing IN q car.
wings expanded. The engraving good, butPa-
per bad. The bank has no such plates
los spurious. The vignette is two children seat
ed, Oh the right end full length portrait Of Geh
LII NI.ast hnO OnnG
String and other persons, and Of different dates.
The medallion head, with the word TEN stamp
ed Oh It is very rough and indisnct
los, letter B. dated January LIST lS45. W. g. w.
Gauu, cash., with pale ink, G. Taylor Prest.
Paper rather dark general appearance good.
2Us. close imitation of genuine; let b. dated JAM
| 4,l6l4, pay G. Conshan: the toes OF the female
in the viguette imperfect. aud the right hand sf
the Indian on the lett end OF the bill imperfect
zoos 8. .urious. The genuine bills have red back.
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co.'s, spuri--
ous. Vignette drove OF cattle and locomo-
tive aud cars in the distance.
Saadusdy City Bdnk-3's letter A. Description
about the same the description of the counter
felt 3's on the Commercial Bank dt Cincinnati.
Sidte Bank of Ohio-5s, engraving coarse. The
bill contains the red back; and on the back OF
the genuine it resds State Bank of Ohio;' on
the counterfeit il reads State Of Ohio :.
SIS, 5's and lOs, cit from Is and rs; hold them
up TO the light aud the alteration can be detected
1905, none higher than sos issued.
Is, letter d, imitation of genuine, engraving
course; apparently li'hographedI Signatures lith-
ographed; filling aud date ve,y poorly done.
SIS, letter payable at the Union Bank, Massil
lon. Paper aud engraving course.
SIS, poo, " DONE The head Of Franklin on the left
end of the bill is bsdly engraved and the lett cys
is omitted.
los, vignet,o a man on the left and female on
the right; railroad cars in the distance on the
left; a large X in the centre of the vignette an
eagle at the bottom. The words estate Bank
of Ohio" larger than the genuine.
l0s general app arance calculated TO deceive, but
OH examination and comparison with the genu.
/, ing, will be found crude, and imperfect in de.
tail. The prominent 6gu: es in the counterfeit
are lacking in expression and careful minutes
ness. Faces, hands, implements, &C., IN the
central vignette, are blurred aud iDdistinct.--
Portrait OF Gen. Harrison OH left hand end. OBJ
: scure aud undecided; in the genuine the figure
is distinctly relieved from the back ground, the
coat showing dark in color against 1t The
dog head on the bottom part, between thu
signatures, is rough and coarse, and the scroll
containing the words mutual Liabiy" on eith-
er side, aIe faint, and smaller than the genuine.
i The figure Of Minerva on the right sidss ID
perhaps one of the best tests of comparison; IN
the genuine, the spear in the right hand OF the
!. figure, touches the letter T in Ten, above;
!, while in the counterfeit il is midway betwses
thu letters T. and E; and on the breast-pists .
face is distinctly seen IN the centre. Tho word
Ten. under the figure, is pale and weak in stad-
ing, but dark and plain in the genuine.
Is, various branches. good imitation. Detect
by the star or areola ION the back) at the end sl
the bar enclosing the words Estate Bank Of
Ohio;" being set IN the centre Of square block,
which is not 20 in the genuine
Western Reserve bank--le's, letter D. (Murrsy,