Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-24
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COUNTERFEIT CONFEDERATE NoiH'
DETECTOR.

5sscr;ntion of counterfeit Treasury notes, "no;
thinks, will enable any person to ae'e,nu" ,aniant
bills are genuine and which are no@ "a 'a be to
,natbod fSr detecting by measurement Wou'u 20 81
re strins of metal of the exact length u ~,
denomination at hand, with knob or oI', ~ .Dy
which it could be readily lifted and appi''U
suspected note:
The counterfeit is seven and three siAteei'" t
,ona and two and seveneighth inches wide precise
ivee,measnrine inside the straight marginal fneS
1b;cb surround the engraving The genuine -
over seven and threesixteenth inches long.nea9
seven and one-fourth inches long-and signt nSo
tion over two and ffteen-sixteenta lncnes "iue'
measuring inside the marginal hnes. tbo conn.
genuine bills are longer and wider tnam 'ho .o .n
esSrfs;t These measurements are infalble tests,
which all can apply. ,..
The vgnette on the hundreds is coICoh PRESS
with mule attached packing cotton, ana wagon
and team loading with cotton bales In the count
terfeit the spokes of the wagon whees are anu
,istnct-in the genuine they are dark, olurreo anu
indstinct In the counterfeit the spokes are shaded
very lightly, and are almost white; in the genuine,
the white is barely distinguishabe. In the Coun-
terfet the left-hand hind wheel has eight spokes
that can be seen, the others being behind the oeu
of the wagon; in the genuine, only seOen can De
seen.
The mule hitched to the cotton press in the cOun-
terfeit is distinct, the gear it. and particularly
the harness. can be plainly seen. In the genuine
the mule is blurred, very indstinct and part of
the gear or harness can be seen on it.
FIFTIES.
The counterfeit is over seven and three-sixteenth
inches long-nearly seven and quarter-exact"
the length of the genuine 100's-and two and thlr
teen,sixteenth inches wide precisely; the genuine
is exactly seven al IA quarter inches long, and two
and fifteen sixteenths wide As in the case OF the
zoos the genuine are wider and longer than the
counterfeit These measurements are from the IN
ner edge of the marginal lines of the bill.
The vignette of the sos is female figure hold
ing open a money chest In the counterfeit the
head of this female is close to the final E" in the
word Confederate but little than the sixteenth
of an iuch from it, and nearly touches the shddsRg
of that letter. In the genuine the head Is nearly
threesixteenths of an inch from the letter-amoSt
midway between the words "Confederate and
Estates"
In The lower lefthand corner of the bill are two
sailors-the right sailor having malet across
his left arm In the counterfeit the head OF the
malet lies close mp to the arm, and no part OF the
handle can be seem in the genuine the head OF the
maet projects out from the arm far enough for the
handle near the head of the maliet to be seen. In
the counterfeit the head of the mallet is not very
distinct on account of that side of it next the sail
or's arm being made light 1ohite, in the engrav
ing, so that it looks more like an old style, round
churn-dasher than malet. In the genuine, the
head of the maet is distinctly defined, with no
terfeit, the hair of this sailor-the holding the
mallet-is dishevelled the ends of 1t sticking out
from the head if it were blown up by gale of
wind in the genuine, the hair lies close down to
the head.
TwENTIES.
The size of the bills is again certain test The
counterfeit is seven and three-sixeenth inches long,
nearly-oVer seven and ne-eighth-and is over two
and thirteen-sixteenth inches wde-nearly two and
fourteenSlxteenths. The genuine is seven and five
sixteenth inches long precisely and two and fifteen
sixteenth inches wide early-measurementS within
the marginal lines, as before-the genuine again
being larger.
On the lower left-hand corner a sailor lears his
elbows upon a capStan. In the counterfeit the
shaded lines of the engraving on the sailors jacket
run dagonally-amOst up and down; in the genu-
inc these lines straight across the sailors back.
Between the ks there a couple of small
hearts, pointing towards each other. In the coun-
terfeits these hearts solid black and their points
touch each other. In the genuine, they some
distance apart and the larger ends of the hearts
have small portion of white, which give them
light appearance.
Above and below the figure $50" on the bills are
small ornamental figures, formed by triangularly
joining the smaller ends of three hearts together
The counterfeit has four of these JeLOu the 30"
while the genuine has five.
The vignette is large three -masted, full rugged
ship, with Greek and Latin sails all spread. The
Latin Qong three cornered) sails are 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 or 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 marginal
line of the bill.
There a 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
aperson who never saw Confederate note to dis
tingush the counterfeit from the genuine at once
The C0nyederGcy of a later date 18th inSt.) de-
scribes new counterfeit of the Hoyer & Ludwig
plates, nearly the size of the genuine that meas
urenent cannot be applied 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 a shield OH
which the following words are inscribed "Receiv-
able in payment of all dues except export dues."-
In the genuine the lower point of this shield is about
the 10th part of an inch above 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 genu.
inc the point is nearly over the centre of the sailors
head little 70 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 or
near where the brim joins the crown of the hat
This defect in the poin. of the Shield and its being
placed further to the left of the sailors head and
extending lower down, and not directly above the
head as in the genuine, is the most prominent mark
Of distinction.
The wagon wheel this time has the proper num-
Der OF spokes, and they dim and dark like the
gsnuine-ony little more so not light and finely
executed, like the former counterfeit. The mule
attached to the cotton press is also dim, and more
indistnct 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 left
hand hind wheel of the wagon has the spokes CEN
tering to the hub at the corner of the Goagon bed
or body. In the counterfeit the hub appears to be
behind the bed and out of sght-the point where
the spokes converge at the hub or axle being con-
cealed from the view by the bed of the wagon.
The signatures are quick test to those who
know and have the run of all of them; but only
bankers, or men who handle money largely, can