American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-10-16
SEVEN-TgIIRTIEs.
Differences Between Counter.
felt and Genuine Bonds.

ASAt @hs -
WASHINGTON, October 12.-Mr.
CLARK, Chief of the Printing Bureau,
to-day presented to Secretary hcCulloch
a detailed official report in reference Co
counterfeit seveh-thirty notes. He says
all the notes thus far presented are of the
denomination of 81 900 dated June Is,
1867, bearing check letter A or b.
None Of them with @ and d check letter
have yet been discovered, but he thinks
it not improbable that such may have
been printed The differences arc
First, the counterfeit seal is one six
teenth inch larger than the genuine and
the difference in size is due to points
alone, the counterfeit points being longer
than the genuine. The central portions
of the seal are the same size in both
counterfeit and genuine. The counter
felt seeal is ef a lighter red than the
genuine.
Second, figures in counterfeit numbers
differ in shape, are are printed with diff.
erent ink. The genuine ink has a me>
talic lustre, while :he counterfeit Is dull
and leaden.
Third, in the central vignctte the
expression of the face in the counterfeit
female figure is very different from the
genuine, as the eyes are larger and more
open The chin is longer aud the neck
narrower than in the original. The con j..
vulsions of lines forming the clouding at
the right Of the female figure, are more
nattcned in their curves in tho counter,
felt than they are in the original and the
clouding used in the figure is slight and
indistinct in the counterfeit, making the
space between the figure and words
Treasury Department" lighter in the
counterfeit than in the genuine The
letters forming the word "plurious" on
the shield at the left hand of the figure
are we'll defined in the original, but in
the counterfeit they are irregular and
confused and the lines do not form per
feet letters. There are many other mi.
mute points Of difference in the central
vignette, particularly III the drapery,
which careful examination aud com par
ison will disclose
Fourth, in the border of the counters
felt note the black central star has points
very irregular in length, while in the
genuine they are perfectly uniform and
regular in their leugth. The counterfeit
has more white space about the central
.star than the genuine, and the black dots
ar und the white space, which are per
icctly concentiic in their arrangement on
the genuine note, are irregular and not
concentric on the counterfeit The. white
lines about the star on tho coupon Dor,
der are longer aud clearer in the genuine
than In the counterfeit, aud the work
between the star in the counterfeit is
confused and indistinct, giving the coun,
terfeit coupon border muddy look while
the genuine is clear and sparkling.
Fifth. In the black counter one thous-
and, the central spurs of the figures are
nearer to each other in the counterfeit
than they arc in the original, and the
cyPhers more obloug in the counterfeit
than in the genuine. la the green tint
in the connteroue thsusand round the
spu- at the lcftfoot, theft cure one on the
genuine notccuts into the heart shaped
center of thelathe work, while IN the
counterfeit it isentirely clear of it.
Sixth. In the first letter of the Treas
urer's signature, crossing the ends of the
hair lines on the upper and lower por-
tons Of the letter "F'' in the original,
form small triangular spuce of white,
space is wanting in the counterfeit. In
the genuine note there is a we'll defined
cross line on the top of the capital ~"
in the word Omitted" under the Treas
urer's signature, but in the counterfeit
rhere is only faint line connecting the
tops of the letters. There are many 9th,
or points of difference not necessary to
detail, as those above recited will lead
any expert to detect them. The back of
the counterfeit note has many stikiug
points of difference from the genuine.
Among them it may only be necessary
to notice that the cyeloi1 work upon
which the words "pay to bearer" are en-
graveG is much darker and heavisr on
the counterfeit lines being rough, while
the genuine are sharp and clear The
square tablet which encloses tho cycloid
work is in the counterfeit nearer to the
tablet which eneloses the terms of option
than it is in thu original. In the date
of option, 9Th" after june Is, is near
TO the figures 1868 In the genuine, while
on the counterfeit, 9Th" is some distance
from the figures. An expert in noting
the difference will scarcely fail to notice
many others which exist, but with which
it Is deemed unnecessary to extend this
report in detail.
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