The New York herald., 1868-02-10

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Tacery ana figures; fourth letters and on and It Is
thus II becomes hard task for the single counter
feiter to copy the varied styles and TO DO perfect In
each.
the next bill isa
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR COMPOUND INTEREST NOTE
woll executed; but the color at the back Is papabe
imposition. Tho detecting clue is the face, At the
left hand where the top Of the letter U'' IN United
they are about Of an inch spar. TSe date
Is May Is, 1885. Quite considerable number Of these
notes was pamed or even on the national banks The
plates were stolen out OF the Bureau by man named
Langton and the principal one recovered In The spring
Of 1896 The plate for printing the gold letters was
On the next page Of the album isa
DOLLAR UNITED STATES LEGAL TENDER COUNTERFEIT,
piss % Another ne of the the same denomination on tho same
page Was lhofnphed and dated March 10, 1893. Both
arc imperfect countereits, and could ony nave Deen
successfully passed on in the earlier part OF the war
whom legal tenders new to the public Five other
notes OF similar denomination, dated In turn March 10
1862, and March 10, 1s63 follow. Three Of them -
wrechedly executed fourth somewhat better, but the
other is a nne and we'll worn counterfeit II Is the
is.on than perhaps any other The face Of Alexander
Hamilton 10 perfect as In the genuine the printing
fauess and the green on the back - tns ap-
proach 10 tho legitimate shade. An expert, however,
could readily dsisct the traoey the work Of the hand
in place OF the seometrcal lathe The plates Of AL
periy dsfsced. Next comesa
FIFTY DOLLAR COMPOUND ryrEREsr NOTE
and the .caon Of the devices no. much above ,h:
average standard The plate and sixty thousand dollars
Of the issue wore captures In july 1900 An interesting
raised NIFTY The latter figure IS pasted q esoh cor
ner over two aud the back the head OF Washing
ton cut half dollar stamp, eonceals In four differ
snt places the original denomination Of the BILL wher
ever The word two occurred scrapcd away, but
only person OF very defective vision could have been
cheated into receiving IT.
Turning over the pages further we founda
rwgsry potIAR mLr.
dated March 10 1S62 The ink 10 pale the figures poor
aud the general engraving nexpet The plate was cap
tured in 1885, and good deal Of the impression along
With H. The sneravsr Thomas Ira Johnson
vcted at indianapolis and sentenced 70 ssvsn years.
imprisonment Atwenty dollar bill on the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK or NDIANAPoIIs,
November q 1895 and another on the First National
Bank or Portland May 10, 1855, both very inferior
and not likely to b taken - esnHins BY one ous Of
A rns DOLLAR LEGAL TENDER
fsows In which sad havoc is made with the nksnsas
Of Abraham Lincoln, favoriag much moro . rssem.
has very blaze look, sleep and abstinsnos Aight
work an improvsmsnt In her appearance, No ons ac-
auntsd with ths features Of Old Abe The shasas and
d,snhsd expression accredited 10 the moraA soddess
could Be deceived By this bl The plate waa captured
In July, 1s68
A ten dollar bill on
pan HIGHLAND NATIONAL BAxx or rsvBsRo ",
dated July 1885, poor specimen Of couasrfsiHng
and not apt 10 gain much credit
DOLLAR IG0AA rDybuH
dated March TO- 1884, Of which ths sst Of plstss
sIzsd Was good deal similar. bnA I'VE dollar legal
tender captured In May 1eef woA one Of shs best OF
that denomination put N olroutAsisa. Che clumsy
printing Of tho red numbsr asAr the top Arss told the
rns rscrtss NATIONAL nAES. JAoxscs, MICHIGAN,
iithog-arhed from scno. u yoSy miserable attsmp,
90 saasssSs Il aasisS Shs ssss & SS ssssassd