The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-06
COUNTERFEIT NorEs IN CIRCULATION


ed with counterfeit United States bank
notes, and the adroit rascals who VEN
ture so much in making and vending
limitations and alterations of national
bank bills are evidently reaping rich
harvests. Investigation shows that for
half a generation there has not been so
much "queer," rs the dealers call it,
atloat as at the present time. Careful,
observant people can ordinarily detect
it, but the poor and the laboring classes,
who handle little money, and are so
easily deceived, are victimized largely,
and suffer in proportion. Within the
last forty-eight hours more than forty
persons in all sorts of business have had
the bill Showed" on them. 1t is of the
denomination OF five dollars, an imita-
ton of that of the Peoples National
Bank, Jackson, Michigan. tits rough
ly executed wood engraving, badly
done as compared with the original, and
yet well calculated to deceive in it's gen.
eral appearance But it is easily de-
tected by even casual inspection when
attention is called to it. The sigma
lures of both president and cashier are
printed, while in all genuine bills these
names are invariably written. The let
tiers 1t" and ''s'' in the title "Pres't" in
the original are separated by an apos-
trophe in the counterfeit they are join
ed, with no apostrophe. In the coun-
terteit the neat figure of the two females,
sitting, on the lower right, is almost
invisible : in the genuine it is very clear
and distinct. The back of the bill is
still more bunglingly made than the
front. The green is pale and poor, and
in the true bill no letters along the top
touch on the green border, while in the
spurious the words are partly printed
on the green entirely across. The pic
ture plate is too large for the green bor-
der. There are several minor differ
ences, but these will be safeguard if
observed.
The plan of operation in getting
counterteits in circulation should be un-
derstood in order to save the public
Let it be known, then, that this bill on
the Michigan Jackson Bank is not the
one that is intended to be showed. But
it is another bill Oh another bank, prob
ably in totally different section of
country, that will be extensively print
ed from this same plate, with only the
name changed. First comes the " flyer"
and when that is started,n detected,
exposed, and everybody is looking for
it, all ola sudden out comes the mate"
and before any one suspects it the mis-
chiof is done, and victims uselesly
mourn by thousands. So in this case,
Look out for the second bill :" Dis
trust all " tives," and keep close to the
Bank Note Reporter, for the rogues
are about and watching every chance
Spot them at the very first opportunity,
and the harm they would do may be
materially interfered with.
There is also in circulation danger
Gus counterfeit ten'' on the &c Flour
City National Bank of Rochester, New
York" 1t is we'll executed, but the sig
natures of the officers in this, as in the
other, are engraved, instead of being
written, as they are in the genuine bills
The bad bill is half an inch longer than
the good one.-Care will detect it.
The " fifties," compound interest
notes, are also initiated very successful
lip, although they have " scratchy APP
pedIdnce. 1nere are certain character
istics of counterfeits which enable an
expert to detect them at a glance 1t
is the unlnitiated that generally suffer,
and those who can least afford to get
swindled. But everybody should know,
now that they never see anything but
paper money, enough to be suspicious.
The paper Of genuine bills is always
extra nice, and counterfeits never. 1t
is invariably the rule that spurious bills
are printed on coarse and inferior pa
per, totally lacking the finish of bank
note paper. Then the ink is generally
poor, and the green and red colors are
never so clear, fine and decided as the
genuine article.-Herald