Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-15

central portions Of the seal are the same
| size both IN the genuine andth counter
| felt 80
Second The ink in the counterfeit il
| of a fighter red than the genuine. The
second figure in the counterfeit numbers
| differ in shape, particularly in figure 4.
| and are printed in different ink. The
| genuine ink has metallic luster, while the
coun terfeit is leaden, and the third central
! vignette and expression of the face, In the
counterfeit, Of female figure is very diff
ierent from the genuine, as the eyes are
large and more open.
Third-In the central vignette the ex
preston OF face in The cohnterfeit female
figure is very different from the genuine, as
the eyes are larger and neck narrower than
in The original. Convolution lines forming
at the right OF the female figure are more
1attened in their curves in the counterfeit
than they are in the original one, and the
cloudiug used on the figure is slight and
indistinct in the counterfeit, making a
space between the figure, and the words
Treasury Department are lighter in the
counterfeit than in the original. The let
tiers forming the word pluribus on the shield
at the left hand figure are well defined in
the original, but in the counterfeit they are
irregular and confused and the lines do
not form perfect letters. There are many
other minute points Of difference in the
central vignette, particularly in drapery,
which careful examination andeOmparison
will disclose .t.
Fourth-In the border ofthe counterfeit
notes there is black central star which
has points of very irregular length. while
the genuines are perfectly uniform and regrI-
lar in their length. The counterfeit has
more white space about the central space
than the genuine, and the black dots around
the white space, which are perfectly con-
centric in their arrangement on the genuine
notes, are irregular and not concentric on
the counterfeit; the white lines about the |
star on the coupon border are larger and |
clearer in the genuine than ia the counter |
felt, and the work between the star in the
counterleit is confused aud indistinct, Civ
ing counterfeit coupon border a muddy |
look, while the genuine is clear and spark
ling.
Fifth---In black counter Zone thousand
with central spurs, and the figures are
nearer to each other in the counterfeit
than they are in the original, and the
Ciphers are more Oblong in the counterfeit
than in the genuine. In,green tint counter
one thousand round ; spur at left foot
figure one on genuine notes cuts into heart
shaped center lathe work, while the coun-
terfeit is entirely clear Of it.
Sixth-In the first letter in the Treas
urer's signature, crossing ends of the hair
lines in the upper and lower portions of
the letter f, in original form AZ a small
triangular space of white, aad this white
space is wanting in the counterfeit. In the
genuine note there is a well defined cross
line on top of the capital U in the word
United, under the Treasures signature,
but in the counterfeit their is only faint
line connecting the tops of the letter.
There are many other points different not
necessary to detail, as those above Tecited
will lead any experts 10 detect them.
The back Of the counterfeit note presents
many striking points of difference from the
genuine Among them it may only be
necessary to notice that the cycIoid work
upon which the words ''pay to bearer" are
engraved, is much darker and heavier on
the counterfeit than il is on the genuine,
counterfeit lines being rough while genus
inc are sharp and clear. The square tablet
which incloses the cycloid work is, in the
nearer to the tablet which in
closes terms option" than it is in the origi-
nal, "option" "Th," after June Is, is near
the figures 1885" while on the counterfeit
eth" is some distance from the figures. An
expert in noticing the difference will scarce
ty fail to notice many other differences
which exist, but il is deemed unnecessary
to extend this report in detail