The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-09-21
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SPURIOUS MONEY.
List Of the Most Dangerous COuh'
tcrfeits Now In Circulation.

1t has been asccrtaincd that coun-
tcrfcit bills on the following banks
are being circulated; On the Mcr-
chants National Bank Of New York
City, 800 and S5 arc easily disposed
of. The engraving Is admirably exc
cutcd upon tlrst-class paper, and Is
looked upon as being a very danger
GUS counterfeit. Ton-dollar bills of
the American National Bank, Broad
way, New York, arc freely circulated.
They are we'll executed, but can be
detected by the difference of the sha-
ding Of the large letters. There are
two sets of countcrfcits issued on the
Ninth National Bank Of New York ;
they are $40 and 50 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 arc also $40 and 81 coun-
terfeits. They are we'll executed,
but the shading under the title of
Bank" Is bad. These bills should
be received with great caution to
pTcVcnJ lIupObltlOH.
There are several counterfeit issues
of United States Treasury notes, the
most prominent being $40 bills Of
March 10, 1862. These are finely cx-
ecuted, the printing and engraving
being above the ordinary class, but
the shading in the background of the
vignctte Is coarse. A third fraudu-
lent plate for $40 United States
Treasury notes has just come to light !;
it docs not come up to the second
plate, but the imitation is good.
Many imperfections of tho second
plato hayc also been rcctiiicd in the
now plate. There arc number of
$40 United States Treasury notes of
the second issue so well executed
that tho lest exports can hardly tell
the difference between iho counterfeit
and the genuine. They can only be
detected in the defective engraving
in the portrait of Lincoln. A large
number of $50 Treasury notes, we'll
executed, in several instances have
passed as genuine. Twcnty-dollar
bills of the same denomination, of
March 3, 1863, arc extensively circu-
lated, tho engraving being iirst-cless
and the paper good. There arc also
q number of ~ and 81 bills, but in
these cases the engraving is coarse,
and with q little attention can be
easily detected.
Countcrfcits OF United States legal
tender notes of $40 and 81 arc quite
plentiful, but as the engraving is
very coarse they arc not readily nc
ccptcd.
The following is a list of the coun-
try notes which are also said to be
freely circulated at every given op-
portunity: Twenty dollar bills on
the First National Bank of Boston
Mass. these notes arc we'll executed
and printed on good paper, but arc
defective on examination with the
genuine; twenty dollar bills on the
Fourth National Bank of Philadcl-
phia; the engraving in this case is
very coarse, and can soon be detected
by any one accustomed to handling
paper money; twenty dollars on the
First National Bank of indianapolis ;
these notes arc well calculated to de-
ccivc, and arc well printed, the plate
used can be easily altered to any of
the national currency bank notes
five dollars on the Peoples National
Bank, Michigan; these arc poorly
got up; ten dollars on tho Farmers
and Merchants Bank of poughkccp-
sic; these bills arc well executed and
printed on good paper, and will prove
u dangerous counterfeit.