The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-17
Spunrous MoSEY-A List Of the Mos,

Dangerous Counte5sis Nos0 IN Cae1la.
tion.-Almost every day bankers, bro,
kers, and merchants, or other clerks,
are being deceived and deftauded out Of
large sums, as we'll as the general pub.
lie, by having numerous counterfeit
bills passed in upon them with genuine
ones. The counterfeits, in soue in.
stances, are go we'll executed that detec.
ton is almost impossible, unless very
closely scrutiuized.
In making inquiries it has been as
certained that counterfeit bills on the
following hanks are being circulated
On the Merchants National Bank OF
Pittsburg, $40 and IS are easily disposed
OF. The engraving is admirably execu-
ted upon frst.class paper, and is looked
upon as being a very dangerous coun-
terieit. Ten dollar billie Of the Ameri-
can National Bank. Broadway, New
York City, are freely circulated. They
are we'll executed, but can be detected
by the difference OF the shading Of the
large letters. There are two sets OF
counterfeits issued on the Ninth Ma
tional Bank Of New York City; they
are $40 and 81 bills, are we'll executed,
and printed on good paper, and very
likely to deceive. On the National
Bank OF the State OF New York there
are also $40 and 81 counterfeiis. They
are we'll executed, but the shading uR-
der the title of Bank" is bad. These
bills should be received with great eau.
| ton to prevent imposition.
There are several counterfeit issues
of United States Treasury notes, the
most prominent being $40 bills OF
March 10, 1862. These are finely ex.
ecuted, the printing and engraving be,
ing above the ordinary class, but the
shading in the. background Of the
viguette is coarse. A third fraudulent
plate Tor the United States Treasury
notes has just come to light, but it
does not come up to the second plate,
but the imitation is good. Many i'm.
projections of the second plate have
been rectified in the new plate. There
are a number OF $40 United States
Treasury notes of the second issue, so
we'll executed that the best experts can
hardly tell the difference between the
counter cit and the genuine. They can
only be detected in the defective en-
craving OF the portrait OF Lincoln. A
large number Of $50 Treasury notes,
well executed, in several instances have
passed as genuine. Twenty dollar bills
OF the same denomination, Of March
3, 1868, are extensively circulated, the
engraving being first class, and paper
good. There are also number OF -
and 81 bills, but in these cases the en-.
craving is coarse, and with little at,
tentiou can easily be detected. Coun.
terieits of United States legal tender
notes Of $40 and 81, are quite plentiful,
but as the engraving is very coarse, they
are not readily accepted.
The following is list Of the treasury
notes which are also said TO be freely
circulated at every given opportunity;
$40 bills on the First National Bank oil
Boston, Massachusetts,. These notes
are well executed and printed on good
paper, but are detective on close exam
ination with the genuine; $40, on the
Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia
The engraving in this case is very
coarse, and can soon be detected BY
any one accustomed to handling paper
money; $40, on the First National
Bank OF Indianapolis. These notes
are we'll calculated to deceive, and are
we'll printed. The plate used can be
easily altered to any Of the National
Currency bank notes; s., on the PEG
pies National Bank, Michigan. These
are poorly got up $40, on the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank OF Poughkeepsie
These bills are well executed and
printed upon good paper, and will prove
a dangerous counterfeit.
The Albany City National Bank SIC
counterfeit bills are also very plentiful
but the engraving is very scratchy com
pared with the genuine. $40 and s. Win
chester Comfy National Bank connter
felt bills are rather coarse, and ought tc
be detected by the engraved signatures
There are a number OF well executed
counterfeit notes on the National Bank
Linderpark, Utica City National Bank
Oneida National Bank, and Central
National Bank, for so, $40 and 3. Ia
addition to these counterfeit bills, there
are number OF counterfeit gold pieces
OF different value, while a number o.
pieces have been split up and filled with
platinum.