The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-02-15
Counterfe,. na.,enal BANK Notes An

interesting statement.
"A statement showing the different coun-
terfelts Of national bank notes known to be
In circulation, and giving o description OF
the counterfeit plates captured, has been
prepared tn the secret service division of
the Treasury, under direction Of Solicitor
Banfeld, and furnished to the Committee
Hulburi. The following Is list Of the
counterfeit plates seized by the Treasury
officers
One-hundred dollar counterfeits on First
National Bank of Boston, Ohio National
Bank of Cincinnati, and Central National
Bank Of New York plates captured March
| II, 1867. About 5000, 0O0is believed to have
been put In circulation.
Five.hundred dollar plates intended for u
bank in Massachusetts, captured March
, 1867, before any notes had been printed.
F1tty-doiar unfinished plate, captured
I January, 1868.
Twenty-dollar on National Bank Of Com
merce, Merchants National Bank of New
York, Oneida National Bank of Utica, n.
T., Tradesmen's National Bank Of New
York, and Shoe and Leather National Bank
of New York; captured Sepfr, 1870. The
same plates had been used to print notes on
the five banks by changing the names.
Amount put in circulation not known !;
4 duOuG WIN Dl3IGSs
Tens on First and Third National Bank
of Philadelphia; plates captured Septem-
Der 9th, 1869, with S22 900 of the money.
About 800, 900 had been printed.
Tens on Merchants National Bank of
| Chicago are known to be now in circulation.
Tens on National Bank Of Watertown,
| New York: Photographic negatives, un6n-
ished; captured September, 1866.
! Elves, unfinished plates, captured Sept.
| 6, 1866. Elves on Peoples National Bank
Of jackson. Mich. plates captured May,
! 1867, with $4,000 in counterfeits few be-
lieved to be now in circulation.
| Elves, unfinished plates, on Utica City
National Bank; captured Sept. "a, 1888.
| Elves on Jewett City National Bank, Ct;
poor photographic plates; captured June
! 26, 1860. Considerable quantities of this
counterfeit were put in circulation west OF
the Mississippi.
The following is a list of all the counter
feits known at the Treasury to be in clrcu.
lation, the plates of which have not been
captured:
Tens on Flour City National Bank Of
Rochester, N. Y; Saratoga County Ma
ltional Bank of Waterford, n. y; High
land National Bank of Newburgh, n. I. D.;
Albany City On. " National Bank; First
National Bank Of Red Hook, n. T.; Au;
| Durn ClGy IN. j NdGlouai Dahh 4uoo"'''
National Bank of Troy, n: Y; AMERICAN
National Bank Of New York; First Ma;
tional Bank of Lockport, N. Y; National
Bank of Commerce, N. Y, and First Ma
itional Bank of Poughkeepsie, n. 7.
Twos on Marine National Bank OF New
York; Market National Bank of New
York; st. Nicholas National Bank Of New
Pork National Union Bank of Linden.
Ipark, n. Y; National Bank Of Rhode
Island, Newport, R. I.
Ten of the eleven $40 counterfeits, and
four of the five 81 counterfeits, are printed
from the same plates, with only the name
Of the bank changed.
1t is stated that in $50, 100000 of national
bank currency received at the Currency
Bureau for replacement with new notes,
since the establishment of the national
banks, only three counterfeit bills have
been discovered. The Comptroller does
not believe that any considerable amount
of counterfeit money is now in circulation.
and says that little complaint IS made by
the banks. Business men who have trav-
eled extensively in the southern and south.
western States are Of q different opinion,
and say that in districts remote from banks
and large towns, and especially among the
negroes. the amount Of counterfeit cur
rency atloat is very great, much OF 1t being
so roughly executed that it would be at
once detected if circulated in the North.
In connection with the proposition to print
all notes, stamps, and bonds OF the Govern.
ment at the Treasury in Washington, it is
stated authoritatiyeIy that 1t costs SGO, 900 a
year for express charges for paper to New
York, to be printed by the bank note com.
panieS doing Government work and Tor the
return of the notes.