New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-07

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dangerous counterfeit Color darker than the
genuine, and engraving coarser-indtoating the /
use Of a stoue rather than steel plate. Head OF /
Columbus, in plate on back of bill, too large, |
1t mny be circulated under many different Ma I
li0ual Bank names
SIS, well executed are said to be in circulation
in some parts Of the country.
los, First National Bank, raised from lis,
Vguette: Two females with hands claspGd in |
front of altar.
2Os raised from IS, On left end female seated,
with stars above, and ships and buildings in back
ground.
2Os, on First National Bank of indianapolis
General appearance Of bill very bad, especially
the reverse side, the baptism Of Pocahontas being
very badly done. Generally, however. it is a
very fair imitation of the genuine, and might de-
5O's First National Bank Of Clyde, N. Y,
altered from 6's by pasting 80 on the in the cor
ner and over the " Five" in the center.
sos and zoos, raised from as. On the left end,
Columbus discovering America.
zoos. FIRST National Bank of Boston, are said to
be in circulation.
Persons cannt be too careful in examining SIS,
20's, SOS and zoos of national currency-as, by
removing the name Of the town, the plate will be
50 altered at TO pass through 1885 changes-the
number Of national banks in the country.
ooMPoUND-INTEREsT NOTES.
SOS, U. s. compouud-interest notes, issue of
July Is, ls64. On the right end, 5O-rnale por-
trait; on the left end, full length figure Of
female, with right hand resting on a book
. FIFTY These notes may readily be detected
by the soratchy appearance of the drapery on the
female, at the left end and also, by the imperfect
appearance OF the male portrait in the right end.
50's. Imitation. Shading is heavier and darker
/ than in genuine. Portrait Of Hamilton, on the
/ lower right, is coarsei and back of note dark and
heavy. The lettering, however, is very good, and
| the general appearance of the bill is well calcu
| lated to deceive.
ZOOS, Compound -TnterestNotes. Imitation. Wig
nette full-length figure of Washington On right
4 'Hs II,
/ hand. On left end l00-female, seated, holding
| American c0lors and leaning on shield. The only
| difference between the counterfeit aud the genuine
is, that the die on the left hand corner touches
/ the letter "U' in United States, and the en-
| craving of the word States is done in d very
/. bungling manner.
The Treasury Department, in consequence Of the
above counterfeit, will issue no more ot this plate,
| We would caution Our patrons against taking any
| OF the present issue.
GREENBAcEs.
Is on U. s. legal tender notes (greenbacks )
Can he readily detected by the inferior style of the
engraving, particularly the head Of Chase. The
month IS crooked the eyes imperfect and the hair
on the top the head resembles side hair brushed
! over to cover badness. The back is OF a lighter
green than the genuine. This bill. upon hasty
observation, is well calculated to deceive.
js. Imitation Heavy shading Of words % Uni
ted States and the words Patented 3Oth June
1856 under New York = are omitted. All the
notes are letter " A y and one-uuarter inch shorter
than the genuine.
5's Act of February 25th, 1862. Whole appear
ance of bill coarse and heavy The figure Of Lib
ery on the left and portrait the right are very
indistnet in outline shading too heavy, and the
features scarcely disCernible.
los. Imitation. Has fourteen small g ks OF
upper right margin, sixteen on left. The genuine
has utteSn KS each on right and left The pOr
trait of President Lincoln is coarse and pale look
ng. limitations are dated " Washington Marcl
10, l6G2"-etter &c"
los on the U. s. legal tender notes tgreen
backs). new counterfeit $40 greenbacl is ir
letter C.'' The pink seal is badly done, and the
border Of the note, which consists in the repetition
ofthe letter X, is very irregular. The appearance
Of the bill altogether is bad
los. Imitation. Sixteen Ks on upper right
margin. In genuine, but fifteen. Tie words
Printed by the National Bank Note Company
on margin of lower leftsde, extends over nine KS
instead Of eight, as in the genuine.
2Os. Very close imitation of the genuine. The
engraving is good In the center figure, the foo
Of the female can scarcely be seen, On the ef
end tbottOm) are the words payable at the
treasury ofthe Y. S. at New York" The AS il
payable are too small and uneven. The letter
H, in the word the, is not crossed in the center
The imprint is detective and the green ink Of too
light color.
sos, changed to rs. Hamitons portrait on the
left center.
2O's Imitation. Bill looks blurred. The greer
ink is paer than in the genuine, engraving coarse
and the bill poorly done.
SOS on the Q 5. tender notes (greenbacks). I'm
itatOn. May be detected by the four buttons OF
HarTisons vest, which are very distinct on tbs
genuine, but scarcely discernible on the counter
felt The back Of the counterfeit is a darke
green than the genuine.
sos and los, altered from is, Portrait o
Chase on the left.
lOos. Imitaton-tn which the red figures arr
larger than in any treasury notes. The wings 0
the eagle are very coarse. and the double ru
running from the eagle is heavier, and twice a
large as in the genuine. A very dangerous coun
terfeit, the general appearance Of the bill give
no indication Of its real character
} l00's, Of the notes issued under the act of Feb
ruaTy, lSG2. Well executed. The spurious mott
Is smaller and the cOoring on the back is pale
than on the genuine bill. The words "One Hun
dred Dollars On the right hand side Of the coun
terfeit are smaller than on the genuine note.
BONDS.
It is stated that 500s Of the l0.40 hOnds are il
circulation, but We have not seen them; ais
81 80 coupons. 1t will be well to keep a goo
lookout for them.
NEW FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
" Fifty Cents. 1.-Two kinds OF imitation Of TIL
long Fifty Cents currency are in circulation
one having Designated" :" on upper right corner
: instead of " Designated The other has " Desg
mated" rightly spelled; but there is black lin
drawn across the bars of the shield under thu
. eagle, which is not the case in the genuine.
: POSTAL CURRENCY lNEw IssUE.)
los. Imitation. On the top Of the genuine
! the word :. Depositaries," which, in the imitation
10, 25 and = ats, Of the second issue, hav
: been initiated. The face of the note has pal
color. The engraving is well gotten up.
Z5's. Engraving very poor The word UNITED
has darker shade than the genuine, and the hill
/ in the distance are not properly defined.
= SOS, on thicker paper than the genuine. Th
+ bronze is printed on the black, and the word
Fifty Cents" are almost obliterated.
A correspondent of the New York Times, VII
has lately been travelling through the Carolina
and Georgia, writes as follows from Americus, Ca.
I conyersed freely with some Of the freedmen
/, went into the houses of several, saw their wive
and families. and sincerely wished when Ihad con
7 cLnded my very Interesting visit. that Mr.. Creole