Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-10-16
Counterfeit 7-3O Bonds.

Considerable excitement has prevailed
in the Treasury Department, for several
days, on account of the discovery of the
couuterfeiting of United States bonds, So
900 bonds, of the Second Series, due June,
1868, of the $1,000 denomination, has been
presented at the treasury for redemption.
All of them were of the A or B series,
ranging within the following named thou
sands, namely, 10000, 100000, 100000
and 10000. Tie result of the examiua-
ton, as ordered by the Solicitor of the
Treasury, is
First, the seal is slightly larger than the
genuine, the red ink with which it is stamp
ed is shade lighter, and the points pro-
iecting from the seal are blurred, and a
little longer than thu genuine.
Second. The imprint a, the bottom of
the face of the bond is set different iD the
margin, and there being more shade given
it than the genuine.
Third. The borders of the coupons
which are attached to the counterfeit
bonds are larger, while the red figures are
finer than the genuine.
Third. The borders of the coupons
which are attached to the counterfeit bonds
are finer than in the genuine.
The borders of the ornamented lath
work are blurred and somewhat indiffer-
emily executed.
Fifth. The figures dcnoting the bond
are slightly uneven while the blue ink in
which they are printed is duller blue,
and lacks the metallic, glossy appearance
of the genuine.
Sixth. There is to the expert a differ
ence in the vignette, and the female figure
on the face of the bond; the lines are not
SO we'll shaded, nor is the black ink so well
distributed
The counterfeit is regarded as one of
the most dangerous that has yet been ex-
ecuted. 1t is declared to be superior to
the counterfeit $500 greenbacks which
were engraved by Uhlric, the plates of
which Colonel Wood has now in the de-
tective department at the Treasury, while
Uhlric is in prison.
The Evening Express says over $780,
900 worth Of these bonds have been sent
to the Treasury Department for redemp-
ton by such banking houses in New York
as Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co., Vermilyc 4
Co. Fisk & Hatch, and others. Vermilye
& Co. are the heaviest losers. So far as
reported, all these bonds are destroyed,
and the bankers seuding them in are not
credited with them, so that the Govern
ment loses nothing, while the bankers and
brokers suffer if they cannot 60 back on
the parties from whom they purchased
the counterfeit bonds. This morning the
Hon. F. Z. Spinner, Treasurer, made a
thorough inspection of the bonds, and pro.
nounced them counterfeit. The letter F.
in General Spinner's signature is very i'm
perfect, and was soon detected by him in
his inspection of the bonds. Henry D.
Cook, Esq, the resident partner in this
city of the firm of ]. Cooke & yo., announ-
ces that the Philadelphia and washington
houses Of that firm have not received any
of these bonds, while those received by
their New York houses are from RESPONSE
bic parties, and that their loss will be COM
paratively small. Information received
this morning by officials In the Treasury
Department, announces that the counter
felt bonds hsve beer scattered freely thro'
the bcokers' and brokers offices Of New
York, while il is also thought that the
counterfeits have found their way to the
large western cities.