Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
OFFICE OF THE DAILY APPEAL,
MnMnnra nnHnLar In 10Y

80 AHAHH ,
Gold opened in New York to-day at 144s<, and
by noon had declined to l431zc. The cIOsing
figures viii be found in our telegraph1c col
umn. TIT offerings here were light and taken
at 42842Hc during the day.
Silver II bought in small amounts at SlG3jo.
No large sales lepOrted.
CityScripis dull. The buying rate is nominal
at 45c. selling in small lots at 46c; but an order
OF any size could be filed at &c readily.
County Warrants are in no demand. Bro
kers are generally out Of the market. We
quote buying at zoe selling at S0US1c.
Police Warrants ara dull al zoe buying sell
ing at SJ165c.
Mr.. Clark, Chief Of the Printing Bureau
Treasury, to-day presented to Secretary McCul-
lorh a detailed official report in reference 10
counterfeit 80 notes. He says all notes thus
Tar presented are Of denominations Of $1,000,
dated June 10, 1860, and bears che-k letter A or
B none of them with c and D check letter,
have yet been discovered. but he thinks 10 not
improbable that such may have b-en printed.
Irdetaii the differences are, first. the counter
felt seal is the sixteenth OF an inch larger than
the genuine, and that this dIn-rlng in size is
due TO pOinis alone, the counterfeit points being
larger than in the genuine. The central pOr-
lions Of the seal are the same size in both coun-
JtrIelt anu genulne- me INK OF Lle counter
felt seal is OF a lighter red than II the genuine,
SeCOnd-Ile figure counterfeit numbers differ
in shape, particularly in the figures four and
one, which are printed with different ink; the
genuine ink has "A metallic lustre, which. ia the
counterfeit, is duh and leaden Inird-Iu the
central v'guette the expression Of the face in
the counterfeit female figure is very different
from the genuine, the eyes are larger and more
open, the chin longer and neck narrower than
in The original. COnvOlutiOn lines, forming the
ciOUding a. the right Of the female figure, are
more dattened in their curves in the counter
felt than in the original, and the clonding used
IN the figure slight and indistincJ in the 0Oun-
terfeit, making the space between the figures
and words Treasury Department. lighter in
the counterfeit than in the genuine The let
tiers forming the word "plurlhus," on the
shield, at lett hand figure, are well defined in
the original, but on the counterfeit they ara
irregular and confused, and the lines do not
form perfect letters. There are many other
minute point Of difference in the central Wig
nette, particularly in drspery, which careful
examination and comparison will disclose.
FOurth-Int the border OF counterfeit note, the
black central star has pOiptg very Irregular in
ength. while the genuine are perfectly uniform
and regular in their length. The counterfeit
has more white space about the central star
than the genuine, and black dOis around the
WHITE space, which are perfectly cOnCentrc In
their arrangement on Inc genuine note, are
anu not oOncentric on the cOunrerfeity /
the white lines about the star on the coupon
border are larger ana clearer in the genuine |
in the counterfeit, and The work between
the stars in the counterfeit is confused and |
indistinct, giving the counterfeit coupon bnr-
der a muddy look, while the genuine is clear
and sparkling
Fifth-In The black in counterfeit in the one |
thousand the central spurs, the figures are
nearer to each other in the counterfeit than |
they are in the original, snd the cyphers more |
oblong In The counterfeit than in the genuine; /
in the green tint counterfeit one thousand the /
rOuDd spur at the left foot figure one on the /
genuine note cuts into the he~art-shaped center
ieth.WcrR, while in the counterfeit 1t is entirely
clear Of II,
Sixth-In the nrst letters in the T-reasureras
signatures the crossing ends Of the hair lines in /
the upper and lower portions OF the letter + in I
original forms a triangular space in the |
white, and this whitespace is wanting in cnuu-
5erfeit. In genuine notes there isa well defined
ross hne on Top Of the capital U in the word
Iniied, under toe Treasurer's signature: but
n the counterfeit there is only a faint lins con-
Meeting the tops Of the letters. There are many
other points different but not as necessary to
tetRi as those above recitsd which will lead an
70 detect them. The back Of the coun-
lerfeit has many striking points or difference
rom the genuine note; among them IL may
lnly be necessary to notice that the cycloid
york, upon which the words pay to bearer"
ire engraved, is much darker and heavier on
he counterfeit than on the genuine, the oOun-
erfeIt lines being rough, while those OF the gen.
line are sharp and clear. The square tablet, in
hiCh is inclosed the cycllid work, is in the
counterfeit nearer 10 the tablet which ineloses
tenn option than It is in the original. /
N the date Of option, " the" after June 10, is
rear to the figures 1855, in.the genuine, while in
be counterfeit " the" is some distance from
he figures. Experts, IN noting this difference.
viii scarcely fail to notice many Others which
Xist, hut with which 10 is deemed unnecessary
o extend this report in detail. |