Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-10
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From the Atlanta Confederacy, October 81
We have just finished examining package
of fifteen hundred dollaTs-al in hundred dol
lars bills--cOunterfeits of the Confederate notes
-Hoyer g. Ludwig plates. They are not the
same that was put shOst some time ago. These
bills had number ofsniking points of difference
aud were easily detected by the desc Upton.
The new counterieitS is far more accurate and
diff :ult to detect and is very dangerous. The
previous one WAS a better engraving than the
genuine and on better paper this Is the same
quality Of paper, and the engraving appears so
exactly like il every way that the DIFF renee Is
only discovered by ca efui comparisons, and by
& person who is used to handling aud no.
ticiug 1t.
T6esa f teen bills we're sent to Mr. 7. Por-
ter, highly rtsp-ctabls r. commission merchant
in this city, by house in Mobile, with pack
age of some four or Va thousand dolRrs he
did not notice their b ing counterfeits, nor sus-
pect their genuineness, tIil they were condemned
at The bauk
The previous counterfeits were not the same
siIe of the grnuine, aud could be det cted by
measurement as We described but these new
Base issues are so nearly the same sizs that
measurement cannot be applied sB a test There
are, howe yer, several points about them, which
q careful observer can detect.
First, Ga the left hand end of the bills is
sailor standing up; ard above bis head is q
shield on which the following words are in-
scribed: s. Receivable in payment Of all dues
except export dues" 10 the genuine the lover
point of this shield is about the 18Th Of an inch
abogc the sailors hat II he counterfeit the
point of the shield is imperfect: the point is not
made. If perfect it wUuli come down lower
than the top of the bat In the genuine the
point is nearly over the center OF the sailor's
hesd-s little to the left in the counterfeit, the
point OF the shield (if it had the pOint) would
be over the left hand side Of the sailors hat
brirH. OF near where the brim 'ins the crown Of
the haG This D. feet in the poiat Of tha shield
and its being placed further TO ihe LEFT Of the
sailors head, sud extending lower down; and
not directly G5ore the head as in the genuine, Is
the most prnmmen mark Of distinction.
The wagon wheel this time bas the proper
Dumbpr OF spOies and they ara dim and DARK
like the geuUIne-only itiie more sO-uot light
and finely executed, ike the iormer C uuterteit
The mule attached 60 the cotton press is also
DIM and more indistinct than the former eoun-
tsrfeit and the harness cannot be seen, but be is
not quite so much blurred as the g-nuins. 10
she genuine the left haud bind wheel of the
wAgO1 has the sp0kes cantpring 10 the hub at
the corner Of the IoagOH bed or body In tie
counterfeit the hub appears 10 be behtHd the bed
and out of sight-the point where the spukes
at tbs hub or axle, berg concealed
from the view by the bed Of the wag m.
The sigma lures are quick test 10 those who
know and have tho run of sd of them; but only
bankers, or men who handle money largely, can
make this a test. We may say, however, tina
nearly all of them appear to fOrgeTies at
once, to practieed eye They are crsmped
and bear evidence of being slowly written, in
order the better 10 imita te.the genuine. They
are IN heavier hand and blscker ink. A man
skilled in such matters can see al once that they
are written by an Effort and not by free, easy,
aaturGl hand.
We have seen only one counterfeit fifty,
though several Of them have been detected in
this city They are also a superior imitation of
the genuine perfect srs they that We are un-
able to discover any striking points or dissimi-
larity-n0ne that We can describe which the
common reader can understand, save perhaps
Que. The bill before US IS signed "A. w
Gray, for Treasurer The ward for" is IN
,msil common italics, ard " Treasurer" IS ia
small capitals; thus for TREASURER" In
the cOunteTteiL, the hair nue on which me sig
ma ure is written passes across the = in the
word for and touches the tops If the .lesteTs
'0T" la the genuine the word "fOr is bsIO1
The line on which the signature Is written Ii
crosses the upper portion of the # but does
lot bouCu tuo " OeiuR "0Voo tu-u LHio -
.he only distinct on we soie to describe that
we think can be compreheUded by readers gen
4rally The ma let is made black th ilor di,
leveied hsiris smOothed down, the nan le N the
ron box is right, aud the womau's head is
IN the right place. All the points of DIFF renee
sre remedied, so that only au experienced person
,su detecs them By their general Appearance.
Now what are the people to du7 We advise
hem to refuse every 20, 80 and 100 of the Hoyer
& Ludwig plates The government has called
Ir them Let them be sent in and no more
circulated.
Much credit is due to Col. W. w Clayton, of
he GeoIgia railroad bank agency, for detecting
he counter fsiIs of the treasury notes. He WAS
he FIRST to detect the former couRts'feits aud
.lso the first to detect these The country owes
lim debt # gratitude for his skill aud iglauce
n this mater.