Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-11
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Prom the Atlanta Confederscy October 81
We have Just finished examining pscksg
Of fifteen hundred doars-all in hundred dol
lars bIls-oountsrfets of the Confederate note
-Hoyer 4 Ludwig plates They ere not to
same that WIS put aaOat some time ago. Thes
bills had a number ofstriking points of difference
and were easily detected by the desc iptOn
The new counterfeits is far more accurate an
din .nt 20 detect aud is very dangerous. To
previous one was better engraving than III
genuine and on better paper this is the sam
quality of paper, and the engraving appears 81
exactly like it every way that ths diffsrence i
only discovered by careful comparison, and b.
/! a person who Is used to handling and No
1 ticing it,
These fifteen bills were sent TO Mr. J. 7. POr
! ter highly respectable commission merchan
! IN this city, bya house in Mobile, with q pack
/ age of some four or five thousand dollars HC
/ did net notice their being eounterfeits, nor sus
/ peet their genuineness, till they were condemned
/ at the bank.
/ The previous cOunterfeitS were not the same
1 sizo Of the genuine, and could be det cted by
| measurement, as we described; but these new
/ base issues are so nearly the same size that
! measurement cannot be spplied as test. There
/ are, however, several points about them, which
careful observer can detect
First, On the left hand end of the bills is q
sailor standing up; and above bis head is q
shield on which the following words are in
seribed: Receivable in payment Of all dues
except export dues" In the genuine the lever
point of this shield is about the 10Th Of an inch
Gb0ve the sailors hat. In the counterfeit the
point Of the shield is imperfect the point is not
made. If perfect, it would come dUwn lower
than the top Of the hat. In the genuine the
point is nearly over the center Of the sailor
head little to the left in the counterfeit, the
point of the shield (if 1t had the pOint) would
be over the left hand side Of the sailors hat
bTjm, or near where the brim joins the crown Of
the nat. This defect Ia the point Of the shield,
ard its being placed further to the LEFT Of the
sailors head, and extending lower down and
not directly ADORE the head as in the genuine, IS
the most prominent mark of distinction.
The wagon wheel this time has the proper
number OF spokes and they are dim and dark
like the genuine-Only little more s0-not light
aud finely executed, like the former Counterfeit.
The mule attached to the cotton press is also
dim, and more indistinct than the former coun-
teJfet and the harness cannot be seen, but be is
not quite SO much blurred as tie genuine. In
the genuine the left hand hind wheel of the
wagon has the spokes csnteTing TO the hub, at
the corner Of The S0agOn bed or body. In the
counterfeit the hub appears TO be behind the bed
converge at the hub or axle, being concealed
from the view by the bed Of the wagon.
The signatures are Z quick test to those who
know aud have the run of ali of them; but only
bankers, or men who handle money largely, can
make this a test We msy say, however, that
nearly all Of them appear to be forgeries at
once, to a prscticed eye They are crsmped
and bear evidence of being slowly written, in
order the better to initiate the genuine. They
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skilled in such matters can see at once that they
are written by an effort, and not by free, easy,
natural 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 geuuine-so perfect are they that We are un-
able TO discover any striking points or dissmi-
larity-nOne that we can describe which the
common reader can understand, save perhaps
one. The bill before Us is signed "A. w
Gray, for Treasurer +" The werd for is in
smsl common italics and Treasures" is in
small capitals thus '' for TREASURER" Ia
the counterfeit, the hair liue on which the sig
nature is written, passes across the i in the
word for and touches the tops of the letters (
''0y." In the genuine the word for is bslOlo /
the line on which the signature Is written II
crosses the upper portion of the II" but does |
not touch the ''0r" being ADORE them. This Is |
the only distinction we are able 70 describe that
we think can be compreheDded by readers gen
araly The mslet is made black, III ilOr di-
heveled harris smoothed down, the han lie IN the
ron box is right, and the woman's head is /
in the right place. All the points of difference /
are remedied, so that only an experienced person
can detect them by their general appearance.
Now what are the people TO dol We advise (
them to refuse every 20, so and 100 of the HOyer
& Ludwig plates. The government has called /
for them Let them be sent in and no more |
Much credit Is due to Col w. W. Clayton, of /
the Georgia railroad bank agency, for detecting .
The eOunteifets Of the treasury notes He was I
he first to detect the former couBterfeits and /
also the first to detect these. The country owes !
lim debt Of gratitude for his skill and vigilance
a this matter