Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-26

Rules for the Redemption Mutilated Currency.
For the benefit of all who may have on their
hands worn mutilated notes of the United States
currency, give III brief the rules regulating the
| redemption of the same.
Mutllatcd notes and fragments will be redeemed
only at the Treasury of the United States at Wash
lnGton. They should be forwarded to the ''Treas-
| urer of the United States, Washington, D. c.,
with the name of the owner, the names of his OF
her 7'0stot1ice and Stde and the nominal value of
the amount RENTED plainly aU1iten. A draft Oh
the Assistant Treasurer at New York for the
| amount allowed, returned by mail to the address
of the person remitting is the customary method
of payment.
abrasion or loss of substance from the corners or
edges does not exceed One-twentieth of their ORR
ginal proportions, win be redeemed as entire
notes. Fragments of notes will not be redeemed
full, except when proof is adduced by affidavit
that the missing parts of such notes have been to-
tally destroyed. The character of the affiant must
be certified to be good by a magistrate Or other
public officer. In the absence of such affidavit,
more than one-half their original surface will be
redeemed i'll their proportion to the whole note,
reckoning, a general rule, by twentieths.
Mutilated notes which have been torn, no mat
ter how much, but of which all the fragments are
returned-or defaced, matter how badly, but
certainly genuine-win be redeemed at their
full value presentation Fragments of notes
for which less than the full value has been paid,
will be retained six MONTHS to enable owners to re-
turn to the Treasury missing parts of such notes,
and receive the amount previously withheld
The above rules are applicable to legal tender
demand notes and interest bearing notes. Mutt
lated fractional currency will be redeemed at the
Treasury at Washington, under the following reg
ulations:
Fragments of a note will not be redeemed I'M
less 1t shall be clearly evident that they constitute
one-half or more Of one original note; in which
case a note however mutilated will be redeemed
in proportion to the whole note reckoning by
tfths, except three cent notes. which will be reck-
Oned by thirds. MutllatiOns less than one-tenth
will be disregarded, unless fraudulent but any
mutilation which destroys more than one-tenth the
original note will reduce the redemption value of
the note by one-ffth its face value or if three
cent note, by one third it's value. Fragments of
constitute fully twothirds of the note in its orr
ginal form. Mutilated notes presented for redemp-
ton must not be in less than three dollars of
their original value.
All fractional currency not neutiloaed, when pre-
scented for redemption to Assistant Treasurer
or designated Depository of the United States,
must have been assorted by the holder accor-
upper sides in corresponding order in the pack
ages. Each of the three kinds of fractional cur
rency should be assorted by holders, each kind
by itself. When presented in sufficient numbers,
each package must contain one hundred pieces of
the same denomination, and on the strap enclosing
each must be written in ink the number of pieces,
denomination, and the name of the owner !; and
on the wrapper of the package must be endorsed
with ink the amount contained, and the name and
residence of the owner. No less than three dol
lars will be redeemed.
When spurious notes of any denomination
presented for redemption they will be stamped
''counterfeit."