Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-12-10
The Plates Of the Spurious Seven Thirty
Bonds.

We have already published Al ae-
count Of the arrest Of some Of the
connterfeiters Of the sevens thirty
notes, near New York. We find in
the National IateHiqeneer the follow
ing additional facts
The platesare three III namber,and
are as nearly Jac,simjlcs Of the orie,
nal engraviu@s As It IS possible 10
make elcetrotypas under the cireum,
stances Chat must have attended the
preparation III theso a. we saw
them last evening they had been de-
faced by scratching aud halterjDg So
THAT they anid rot be used, but
there is aBnie and unqgestionabla
evidence jhsd they arc the Identical
plates from which tbs spurious notes
were printed. I'heao plates have mn.
doubtedly been electricity ped from
lead impressions taken of the origins
al engraved plates Such impress
slons could be obtained from ANY
plate printer eng god upon the work,
by preparing sheets of lead the size
OF the notes, and selling m opportu>
nifty to take an impression just as ii
it were on paper The pressure of
the roller forces the lead into all the
minutest cuts and marks Of the err
gragcd plate, and produces a mega
tive, from which, = the ordinary
process of electricity pIag, q i { semitic
OF the original plate can be easily
produced. The peculiar process Of
rolling does not, Oh account Of The
yielding and spreading u the lead;
always leave upon the sheet lead pre-
eisely the same impression as upon
paper but is IA general appearance
SO nearly the same III every pafticu~
lar as to deceiyo the most experiene
ed experts.
The clectrotypo plates Of the backs
OF the twenty and one hundred dol-
lar notes, and those Of the face. tint,
and back Of the one Thousand dollar
seven thirties, are now Ia the posses
SION Of the secret service division Of
j Ir.a~ury Department.
\ a Puts statements have been
a ie f N IN t. time that these
ep.tloa. hse7 printed in
l,at ? n6u; but thcT
G lae IA fiaate evi-
e ia ~ al ta ~
ia : na1s plate ans ietl
81 A. 3, q a.st = ASS uamnsr
,eontig one, $3.50, afee, sour Il /, /
59 Aa oe,o4a ambars appear only
on the iettel7 a aad Z, aud he even
numbers on oae letters b ana d. and
the numbers ot ali the notes lettered
d are Invariably mlltiples OF four
The spurious notes arc lettercd only
A and p, ;gas their Plumbers do not
correspond with the rule of nambol-
ing ia the department. The capture
Of the electrotype plates, however
sets at rest the question. of their bs-
ing entirely spurious.
During his researches, Col Wood |
obtained possession of complete steel
plates for engraving the fronts and
packs OF the oae thousand dollar fve>
twenty bonds. We have seen these |
plates. They have been scratched SO
us to preN emit their further use.
They arc admirable specimens Of ca
craving. and If really counterftts
their cxactness is most extraordinary
and incomprehensble The question
oitheir genuineness will.proba5ly soon
be solved by Tho parties acting under
the Solicitor of Che Treasury The
rumor put forth some time ago about
stealing printed sheets Of notes ana
bonds from the department las not q
sembIauce Of truth There is no oc~
casion for tie theft Of printed sheets
when such accurate engraved sheets
are il The possession Of parties outside,
from which perfect notes Of bonds
may be printed
II has baen definitely ascertained
that only $50, 900 Of the spurious
seven-thirties have been pat in cir
caIation, and The rest that were print
cd were destroyed so that holders eff
seven~thirty notes who had them ia
possession previous to August, 1867,
may be sure that they are genuine,
as the spurious Issue was not pat out
until afterwards-as nearly as can oe
ascertained, between the 10TH and
20th Of September These were then
passed opiy bypt9ts !onad ~sbegers
Ia large amounts upon bankers ans
brokers