The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-08-05

Detection of Dangerous Counterfeit Le-5
gal Tender Notes. 7sfE 5ijn5sfYuEQ g-9sfE
A Washington special to the Cleye-
land Herald of Monday says: .tr -
Spurious ten dollar legal tender
notes are coming into the Treasapec's
Office from the banks of all the North
ern cities, more particularly from the
New FORK city banks. AS a matter.
of course the government experts Tin.
the judgement of money are. kept
busily engaged in separating the
spurious from the genuine, a matter
difficult to accomplish, SO nearly per-.
feet is the counterfeit The American
Bank Note Company engraved the
faces and backs of the eten-dollar.notes
Wlnle the National Bank Note COM
pany have for long time past been
engaged in printing these notes. "A
face plate and back plate have been
stolen from one or two of these COM
panies' vaults, and fetouehed and
used for this fraudulent issue, or else
two of the printers who have been
| engaged in printing the genuine note
have been in collusion, and, while
one of them has obtained lead inn
preston of the face plate, the other
has obtained lead impression of the
back plate, and thus obtained econl-
plete lead impression of the note. As
for the numbering and the. selection
4 of type and paper, the impression is
! all that is necessary, for the numbers,
the seal and the tint are so simple and
so easy to perfectly initiate, that it is
not worth while to alludetait. These
lead impressions so through the reg
plap eleotrotyping battery process, and
the genuine note is readily initiated;
by the spurious. !; After the electeo-
type plate is formed by the battery on
the face of the lead imRression, ssthe
plate is soon ready for printing.
land thus the public will see the dam
ger they are in if the government does
not take proper care of their interests
These ten dollar greenbacks are nef-
ther engraved orprinted in the Treas.
ury Department, The bureau of en-
craving and printing is conducted
with so many safeguards that it is next
to impossible fora thief or false officer
of the government to get away with
any plate or lead impressions of a
plate. All the plates, finished and un-
finished dies, notes aud other material
are kept in a largo vault. in the engra-
Ver's room. To this vault there are
three different locks, each key being
in possession of a different officer of.
the department.. The chief of the
Bureau has system of guards and
watchmen that are not easy to deceive
SO that it is impossible for plate to
he got away with. When the govern
ment resolves to have all its money
engraved and printed in one building
and under the proper government
officers, perhaps we will have no more
of stolen plates and stolen lead I'M
pressions and all that sort of thing.
Secretary Boutwell, is now consider
ing the propriety of doing all the en-
craving and printing ofthegoverfment
money N the treasury building, there's
by saving time, trouble and expense,
and running no risk fromstolen plates
1t is thought that General Spinner
will call in the ten-dollar. issue of
greenbaolss at once, and save all fur
ther trouble from fear of counter
feits," ..i si s,ta4- Ig sf..,elIsrti }3s ,lfi