Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-10-15
NEW COUNTERFEITS.

The Atlanta (Ga.) Cor.federGcy gives a descrlp-
ton Of some new 500 bills counterfets Of Hover
& Ludwigs plate They are not the same set afoat
some time since In package Of 81, 600, presented
at bank in Atlanta by respectable merchant,
a BOO were in those bad bills. The Confsderacy
says:
of the genuine, and could be detected by measure
,nent IS we described but these new base issues
are so nearly the same size that measurement can
not be applied as test There are, however, sew
eral points about them which careful observer can
detect. ,.,, .:,
First On the left hand end of the bills is sail
or standing up; and above his head is q 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 an inch abooe the sailors hat In
the counterfeit the point of the shield is Snpe1ect
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 the centre OF the sailor
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 bln or
near where the brim joins the crown Of the hat
This defect in the pon: 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 IS in the genuine, is the most prominent mark
of distinction.
The wagon wheel this time has the proper num-
Der of spokcs, and they are dim and dark like the
genuine-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
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
terng to the hub, at the corner of the aoagon bed
or BODY In the counterfeit the hub appears to be
Ii. AZ Ia - - A..
the spokes converge at the hub 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
make this test We may say, however, that near
ly all of them appear to be forgeries at once to
practiced eye. They are cramped and bear evidence
of being slowly written in order the better to imi-
tate the genuine. They are in heavier hand and
blacker ink man skilled in such matters can
see at once that they are written by an effort, and
not by q free, easy, natural hand.
We have seen only one counterfeit fifty, though
several of them have been detected in this city,
They are also superior imitation of the genuine
perfect arc they that we are unable to discover
any striking points of observation-disclosures that we
can describe which the common reader can under
stand save perhaps one. The bill before US is
| signed "A. W. Gray, for Treasurer" The word
"for" is in small common italics and Treasurer "
is in small capitals, thus: ".tor TREASURER" In
the counterfeit the hair line which the signature
is written passes across the f" in the word for
and touches the tops of the letters scr" In the
genuine, the word for" is below the line on which
the signature is written. 1t the upper por-
ton Of the ST" but does not touch the cor" being
abors them. This is the only distinction We are
able to describe that we think be comprehended
| by readers generally. The mallet is made blank,
the sailors uisheveled hair is smoohed down, the
handle on the iron box is right, and the woman's
head is in the right place. All the points of differ
son detect them by their general appearance
Now, what are the people to do? 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 circulated.