Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-15
BY 1pCLANAHAN & DTLL.
MORE COUNTERFREr CONFERE-
RATE NOTES!
rom the Atlanta Confedsracy, October s


From tbs Atlanta Confedsrscy, October s
We have just finished examining paelzag
Of fifteen hundred dOllars-aIl in hundred dol
lsrs bhls-coUnter6eits Of the Confederate note
/ -HOyer s. Ludwig plates. They are not tn
same that was put sfoat some time ago. Thes
bills had number ofsTiking points Of difference
aud were easily detected by the description
The new counterfeits Is far more accurate an,
difficult to detect and is very dangerous. Tn
previous one was better engraving than tn
genuine and on better paper this is the sam,
/ quality Of paper, and the engraving s0pears 81
| exactly like il every way inst the difference ].
only discovered bya csEeful comparison, and BY
a person who is used TO handling and no
ticing it.
These fifteen bills were sent 70 Mr. J. T. Por.
| ter, highly respectable commission merebau
/ in this city, bya house in Mobile, with pack
! age of some four or five thousand dollars He
did not notice their being cOUnterfeits, nor sus
| peot their genuineness, tI they were condemned
at the bank
] The previous counterfeits were not the same
SIZE of the genuine, and could be detected by
measurement, as we described; but these neF
base issues are so nearly the same size thai
measurement cannot be applied as a lest There
are, however several points about them, which
8 careful observer can detect.
L LbLs OA LilB EtlL GaliQ Gnu OF tho DIilS Is 2
sailor standing up snd above bis head is =
shield on which the following words are in
scribed; Receivable il payment of all dues
except export dues" Ia the genuine the lower
point of this shield is about the 10th Ct an inch
abOCe the sailors bat 10 the counterfeit the
point Of the shield is imBerfsct the point is not
made. If perfect, 1t would come down lower
than the top of the hat 10 the genuine the
point is nearly over the center OF the sailors
bead little to the lefi in ne counterfeit, the
point Of the shield (if il had the point) would
be over the left hand side Of the sailors hat
bTiRi, or near where the brim Joins the crown Of
the hat. This defect in the point of the shield,
and It's being placed further 70 tho left Of the
sailors head, aud extending lower down and
not directly GbOUe the head as IN the genuine, Is
the most prominent mark Of distinction
The wagon wheel this time has the proper
number OF spokes aud they are dim and dark
ike the geBuine-only q iitsiC more S0-net light
and finely executed, Ike the former counterfeit.
The mule attached to the cotton press is also
dim, and more indistinct than the former coun-
teFfet, and the harness cannot be seen, but he is
not quite so much biETTed as TIE genuine. In
the genuine the left hand hind wheel of the
wagon has the sp0kes csnteriBg to the bub, at
The corner Of he toagOa bed or body. In the
counterfeit the hub appears 10 be behiRd the bed
and out Of sight-ths point where the sp0kes
converge at the hub or axle, being concealed
from the view by the bed Of the wagon
The signatures are 2 quick test to those who
know aud have The run Of 81 OF them; bat only
bankers, or man who handle money largely, can
make tlis test We may say, however, that
nearly al of them appear to ie forgeiieS at
once, TO q pTscticed eye. They ara cramped
and bear evidence Of being slowly written, in
order The better TO initiate the genuine. They
are in a heavier hand and blacker ink. A msn
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 geuuine-sO perfect are they that We are un-
able to discover any striking points or dissimi-
lsrity-none that we can describe which the
common resder can understand, save perhaps
one. The bin before Us is signed "a. W
Gray, for Treasurer" TIE werd for is in
small common italics, and So Treasurer IS in
small capitals lhus Is J0r TREASURER Ia
the counterfeit, the hair line on which the sig
nature is written, passes across the . in the
word for and touches the tops of The letters
cor" In the genuine the word "t0T' is JeiOlg
the line on which the signature is written il
crosses the upper portion Of the -, but does
not touch the ''0r' being aboCe them This is
the only distinction are able to describe that
we think can be comprehended By readers gen
orally. The mallet is made black, tn sailor di,-
beveled hsiris smoothed down, tbe handle on the
iron box is right, and the wemans head is
in the right place. Al the points Of difference
are remedied- so that only an experienced per8on
can detect them by their general appearance.
Now what are tho people to dol We advise
them to refuse every 20, 50 and 100 Of the HoyeT
i Ludwig plates. The government has called
aH-- -
circulated.
Much credit is due to Col. ". ". Clayton, Of
the Georgia railroad bank agency, for detecting
the counteIfets of the treasury notes. He was
the first to detect the former counterfeits and
also the FIRST to detect these. The country owes
him debt of gratitude for his skill aud vigilance
IN this matter.