Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-04
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UOUNTERFEiT CONFEDERATE NOTES
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The Atlanta COME derdcy publishes the lonoWlns
description of counterfeit Treasury notes, which. u
thinks viii enable any person to determine wnlca
bills are genuine and which are not. A convenient
method for detecting BY measurement would be to
have strips of metal ofsthe exact length Oh .eacn
denomination at hand, with knob or button oy
which it could be readily lifted and applied to any
suspected note: ,,.
-! HUsDREDs G1a
The cpunterfet is seven and three'slxeeenth lncnes
long and two and seveneighth inches wide precise
ly~measuring inside the straight marginal lines
which surround the engraving. The genuine is
over seven and three-siXteenth inches long-neariy
seven and e,fourth inches long-and sllgnt nae
ton over two and ffteen-sixteenth inches Wlae,
measuring inside the marginal lines. Thus the
genuine bills are longer and wider than the coun-
terfeit These measurements are intalliole tests,
which all can apply.
The yignette on the hundreds is cotton press,
with mule attached, packing cotton, and wagon
and team loading with cotton bales In the conn.
terfe the spokes Of the wagon wheels are light and
dtstnctAin the genuine they dark, blurred, and
indistnct In the counterfeit the spokes are shaded
very lightly, and are almost white; IN the genuine
the white is barely distinguishable. In the coun-
terfejt the left-hand hind wheel has eight spokes
that can be seen, the others being bshind the bed
of the wagon; in the genuine, only sSosH can be
seen. \
The mule hitched to the cotton press m the conn-
terfeit is distinct the gear on it and particularly
the harness, can be plainly seen. In the genuine
the mule is tlurred, very indstinct and no part of
the gear or harness can be seen on it.
Is~ FIyTIEs.
The counterfeit is over seven and three-six:eenth
inches long-nearly segen and quarter-exactl%
the length of the genuineSl 00S-and two and thr-
teen-sixteenth inches wide P[ecsely; thS w
is exactly seven and quarter INCH IS lon
and ifteen-sixteenths wide. AsNln the
zoos the genuine are wider andA ZOE
counterfeit. These measurement
ner edge of the marginal lines of
The yighette of the sos is
ing open money chest In II
head of this female is close to the
word Confederate but little more d
. of an inch from it, and neGrly tod
of that letter. In the genuine the
three-sixteenths Of an inch from til
midway between the words "Conl
Estates"
In the lower left-hand corner of tho
sailors-the right-hand sailor having q d
his left arm. In the counterfeit the |
mallet les'c up to the arm, and no
handle can be seen in the genuine the he
MALE: projects out from the arm far en0ug
handle near the head of the maliet to be So
the counterfeit the head of the mallet is
distinct on account of that side of it next I
or's arm being made light, or lohite in the
ing, so that it looks more like an old style,
churn- dasher than mallet IN the genuinl
head of the mallet is distinctly defined, with
shading about it. but is solid black. In the coun-
terfeit the hair of this sailor-the one holding the
mallet-is disheVelled, the ends of 1t sticking out
from the head as if it were blown up by gale of
wind; in the genuine, the hair lies close down to
the head.
The size of the bills Is again a certain test. The
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nearly-over seven and one-eightE-and is over tSo
and thirteen-sxteenth inches wide-nearly two ard
fourteen-slxteenths. The genuine is seven and i've
sixteenth inches long precisely, and two and heel-
sixteenth inches wide NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. within
the marginal lines, as belore-the genuine again
being larger.
. On the lower left-hand corner sailor leans his
elbows UPON a capstan in the counterfeit the
shaded lines of the engraving the sailors jacket
run diagonslly-almoSt up and down; in the genu-
ine these lines straight the sailors back.
Between the ks there are couple of SINAI,
hearts, pointing towards each other. In the cnun-
terfeits these hearts solid black and their points
touch each other. In the genuine, they are some
distance apart and the larger ends of the hearts
have small portion of white, which give them a
light appearance.
Above and below the figure $50" on the bills are
small ornamental figures, formed by trangularly
Joining the smaller ends Of Three hearts together
The counterfeit has four Of these JsLOlo the 80"
while the genuine has i've
The vgnette is a large three nasted full rugged
ship, with Greek and Latin sails all spread. The
Latin Qong three-cornerei) sails five in number.
In the counterfeit, the upper point of the Latin
sails, to the extreme right or front of the ship, is
nearer the upper margin top line Of the bill than
the second and the second nearer than the third !;
in the genuine the upper points of these sails all
reach to the same distance Of the upper arginal
line of the bill.
There are great many minor distinguishing
marks on all the bills. We have not named half OF
them on any; but We have given enough to enable
person who never saw Confederate note to dis
tnguish the counterfeit from the genuine at once
The ContSdsrdcy of a later date 10Th inst) de-
scribes new counterfeit Of the Hoyer & Ludwig
plates, nearly the size of the genuine that
uTcment cannot be applied as test There are how
ever several points about them which careful OBJ
server can detect
First On the left hand end of the bills is sail
or standing up; and above his head is shield on
which the following words are inscribed: Recev.
able in payment of all dues except export dues. -
In the genuine the lower point of this shield about
the 10th part of an inch db0pe the sailors hat In
the counterfeit the point of the shield is imperfect
the point is not made. Ifperfect, it would come
down lower than the top of the hat. In the eepu.
inc the point is nearly the centre of the sailors
head little to the left; in the counterfeit the
point of the shield Gf it had the point) would be
over the left hand side of the sailors hat bri, OF
near where the brim joins the crown of the hat
This defec. in the poin. of the shield and its being
placed further TO- the left of the sailors head, am
extending lower down, and not directly aboUe the
head as in the genuine, is the most prominent mark
of distinction.
The wagon wheel this time has the proper mum
Der of spokes, and they are dim and dark like the
genuine-ony little more so; not light and finely
executed, like the former counterfeit The mule
attached to the cotton press is also dim, and NOR,
inistinct than the former counterfeit and the har
ness cannot be seen, but he is not quite so much
blurred as the genuine In the genuine the lef
hand hind wheel of the wagon has the spokes cen
tcring to the hub at TIE corner of the aoGgon 6ec
or body. In the counterfeit the hub appears to b.
behind the bed and out of sight-the point wher,
the spokes converge at the hub or axle being con
cealed from the view by the bed of the wagon.
The signatures are aequick test tn those VIII
and hovn fhor Eli fII--ss -