Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-28
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COUNTERFEIT CONFEDERATE NOTES
DETECTOR.

thinks will enable any person 10 ue'e, ..,.on;ont
bills are genuine and which are net oo ha IN
method for detecting by measurement Wou'u " -
have strips of metal of the exact length o. eI ~.
denomination at hand, With knob OF oS' - any
which it could be readily lifted and appi'O
suspected note:
HUNDREDS.
The countsrEeit is seven and three ,Sixteeu.h 0es
,o s 80 md seven-eghth inches wide precise
iyemeasnrine inside the straight marginal iines
2h;.h -surronnd the engraving The genuine 70
o,ar seven and three-sixteenth inches long-neary
seven and ohe.fourth inches long-and silSn IA
ton over two and ffteen-sixteenth inches "iue,
Measuring inside the marginal lines. mus the
..onn;na fIls are longer and wider than the eoun-
terfeit These measurements are lnlailioie Ves'S'
which all can apply.
The yignette on the hundreds is n cotton press,
with mule attached, packing cotton, and wagon
and team loading with cotton bales. In the coun
terfeit the spokes of the wagon wheels are Snt anu
distnct-in the genuine they are DARK, blurred ahe
indstinct In the counterfeit the spokes are shaoed
very lightly, and are almost white; in the genuine
the white is barely diStinguishable. In the coun-
terfeit the eft-hand hind wheel has etght spokeS
that can be seen, the others being behind the bed
of the wagon in the genuine, only seOsh can DC
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 indistnot and no part Oh
the gear or harness can be seen on it.
zg- FIFTIEs.
The counterfeit is over seven and three-sixteenth
inches long-neariy seven and quarter-exacti"
the length of the genuine lO0s-and two anu tnlr'
teen.sixteenth inches wide precisely; the genuine
is exactly seven and 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 50's is female figure hold
ing open 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 inch from it and nearly touches the shading
of that letter. In the genuine the head is nearly
three.sixteenths of an inch from the letter-amoSt
midway between the words Confederate ana
Estates"
In the lower left.hand corner of the bill are two
sailors-the righthand sailor having malet across
his left arm. In the counterfeit the head of the
malet lies close up to the arm, and no part OF the
handle can be seen; in the genuine the head OF the
MALE. projects out from the arm far enough Tor the
handle near the head of the maltet to be seen. In
the counterfeit the head of the malet is not very
distinct on account of that side of it next the sail
or's arm being made light a0hite in the engraV-
ing so that it looks more like an old style, round
churndasher, than mlllet. In the genuine, the
head of the mallet is distinctly Defined with no
shading about it but is solid black. In the coun-
tertet the nalr oil TINS Salor-IAe one uOluliS lHe
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
TwENTIEs
The size of the bills is again certain test The
counterfeit is seven and hreesixteenth inches long,
nearly-over seven and one-eighth-and is over two
and thirteen-sixteenth inches wide-nearly two and
fourtcen-sixteenths The genuine is seven and i've
sixteenth inches long precisely, and two and fifteen
sixteenth inches wide arly-measurements within
the marginal lines, before-the genuine again
being larger.
On the lower left-hand corner a sailor leans his
elbows upon capstan. In the counterfeit the
shaded lines of the engraving the sailors jacket
run ally-almost up and down; in the genu-
ine these lines srag across the sailors back
Between the ks there are couple of small
hearts, pointing towards each other. In the coun-
terfets 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 "20" on the bills are
small ornamental figures, formed by triangularly
joining the smaller ends of three hearts together
The counterfeit has four of these bel0lo the 30"
while the genuine has five.
The yignette is large, three masted, full rugged
ship, with Greek and Latin sails all spread The
Latin Qong three cornered) sails five in number
In the counterfeit the upper point of the Latin
sails, to the extreme right 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 are q 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
Al r. Al.
The Contederacy of a later date 18th inst) de-
scrbes q new counterfeit of the HOyer & Ludwig
plates, SO nearly the size of the genuine that
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 on
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 inch above the sailors hat In
the counterfeit the point of the shield is imperfect
the point is not made. fperfect it would come
down lower than the top of the hat In the eenu
inc the point is nearly the centre Of the sailors
head 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 6Tina or
near where the brim joins the crown of the hat
This deec: in the poin. of the shield and its being
placed further to the left of the sailors head and
eAlenulnS rover down, ana not directly G60r6 the
head as IN the genuine is the most prominent mark
Of distinction
The wagon wheel this time has the proper num-
her of spokes and they are dim and dark like the
gsnuine-only little more so; not light and finely
executed, like the former counterfeit The mule
attached to the cotton press is also dim, and more
lndistinct 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 GEN.
terlng to the hub, at the corner of the oagon bed
or body. In the counterfeit the hub appears to be
oeh'nd the bed and out of sght-the point where
the spokes converge at the hub or axle being con-
eealsd from the view by the bed Of the wagon.
The signatures are a quick test to those who
know and have the run Of all of them; but only
bankers, or men who handle money largely, can
make this test We may say, however, that near