The New York herald., 1868-02-10

A osx DOLLAR fYoAL rESnrz.
August 1882. has loerablY good face but tho back
the oolor OF an overboed cabbage ieaf, and easily
detected. The next Is ten dollar note on
Tiig FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PHILADELPHIA,
and ono
THIRD sAuoSAr RANK op HuADElrHA
10Th from the same plate. dated February 20 1854
This Is perhaps the counterfeit OF the series The
engra ing exceedingly nne and with the inevitable
except, that the geometrcaI lathe work Is not rem
dered on de margin tho impression appears all
other rsspe ,s as perfect the genuine In general use
s counterfet characer would never DO suspected; uus
there one 81 vange omission which, being detected.
decides face At once In the small ensravngs ~ the
words 'Natlona, Ten Currency" which run srouaa
In currency IL ieU out The issue the Third
National Bank " been in extensive circuis:
before time was ao we'd TO get many Impressions
ou. 1t was engraved by Nathaniel Kinsey, one Of
the most dangerous ounterteters the United
States. Martin b. Gorma was the Who printed
from Kinseys plates Both were arrested In Septsmber
sac 600 in noses They we're triad IN Phadelphia ana
are now awaiting sentence 7 70 capture OF knsey was
considered feat as he banisd With great skl, si ne
EFFORTS OF the dstectves to dis s0vsr the soonc Of ~
operations
On the last page is twenty dols siiI on tho !
rouRrn skHfoSAL BANK, .ver roRK,
dated March l. 1884 None pLx in circuiaton -
tho plate and all shs prcssions were ssssd at tho right
Besides tho different counterfeit p'asss menssoss<
there was . set q the
captured and also pisss sIqusitsiy ongrad for pss.
ing
coupons attached OF the fvewenties The Saser must
have occupied the artist so1cra years In she on
piece q workmanship in that partIcaIar line walsh has
yet been seized by the o6acers OF tbs bureau has
mot yet been defacod and i1deed would seem "a no
wise improper 70 preserve 8 curiosity o. suysrof
though msdirectsd art The officers OF the burea are
. numerous and . useful body and Of indispensable
necessity TO the proper protection OF the
NATIONAL cuRSsscY.
The d,fnculy Of d,soovsrinr the actual makers q
bogus money Il sometimes formidable, because the en-
graver, a. general thing, 10 unknown oven TO thS
class OF men called showers" those who put the
money In circulation They receive It from sort OF
broker, who in turn receives 10 from the wholesale
dealers and they in turn got frona who In sworn
requisite to put In operation the iost sklfu method Of
detection 70 reach the principal CRIMINAL and capture.
rs s always indispensable. the plates and Impressions
The countsrfeters, however, dia not conane them
NATIONAL BANK MOTIFS AND LxgAl TENDERS
bat so extended tho schems OF their operations S to
embrace every denomination o. the functional currency
from the half dime to the half dollar Tho public weh
remember the food Of counterfeit
TWENTY-FIVE AND FIFTY CENT sTAMrs
az AZ o N cu
roncy was most preyed upon and suffered extensive
forts 10 an imitation OF the
STAMP
az the others were less profitable game. Is hardly to
difficulty taking fac smile OF wre,ched looking
specimens of small change with which the counry was
the only guide detection. but oftentimss
oounerfetsd close enough to give nfy bogus stamp
an unWpehCuhpi6 ph5bport one emu OF tno
to the other So numerous had this ciasa OF
feits become and much reconcled did people get TO
being imposed upon by them that II became a common
practice to take them without much murmu2g, trust
ing 70 the same accommodating courtesy for getting rid
OF them. In the specimen book we find
sEyKS CoUyrRRFEns
on the fifty cent postal currency-the first that
issued Some OF them active service their day,
and could probably interesting tales OF travel bus
all Of them look sadly blurred though in their perl
grinations the mask OF innocence had or and
posed their guilty character
the shALLRR srAMPs-rosTAL CURRENCY.
There are four OF the twenty five cent tour OF the
ten and three Of the ive cent postal currency. The
lob printing Office The others are very inferior
cravings but whom we'll worn and stepped in solution
or lager beer aud counter dust, might have passed
through thousand hands without suspicion
Noxt come nine fifty cent counterfeit stamps or
THE SECOND ISSUE
containing but likeness OF Washington in the centre
OF an oval gold frame The OF tho note Is gray and
the back carmine Eight Of these very imperfect
and obtained no crculation but the other which wss
deceived good many but the plates and the engraver
were finally captured Five Of the twenty i've cent BE-
longing the issue OF more uniform and bet
execution two Of them Of superior finish and
must have gwen good deal Of trouble In the world or
small change. The plates and countertsts were very
properly seized.
THE rMRp ISSUE
suffered severely In particular counterfet Of the
fifty cont denomination There ten specimens In the
book, but they A, with exception badly execu-
ted. The excepted one, however Sufficient to do
to say, 10 much bett0r done than IN the