Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-04
VINO is it or what is it that makes

fool the experts in paper money
We can think Of 10 more curiou:
and interesting question, so deep
and difficult of penetration is the
mystery which surrounds this
"Iueer" manufacture. Ii we have
gained any insight into the nice art
of engraving by which our Uncle
Sam aud his dependent banks are
supplied with notes of issue we are
justified in The conclusion that in
order to make tho requisite plates
and prepare the paper and inks and
then do the printing, large amount
OF capital, frst-rate enSravers and
the very incest machinery must be
employed and, above al, ever and
constantly the most careful and IN
interrupted secrecy must be OBJ
served. Now who furnishes this
knavish capital? VINO are they that
do this nice work? Is counterfeit
engraving trade? How do the
managing men, the actual and prac-
teal jobbers of this contraband and
false money manage to get their
counterfeits upon the public: 1t
amt every day that a man handles
a five hundred dollar greenback.
These sham shin plasters must be
very cautiously and cunningly ap-
piled when they are first brought
out of the thieves mill where the
making Of them is carried on. We
have notion that these counterfeit
ers are q singularly clever, pleasing
adroit set of fellows with splendid |
keenness of manner, carrying a con-
slant attractiveness and FEASIBILITY
of address and a taking" presence
with them. We do believe that We
could be shown all through one of
these counterfeit shops and have our
curiosity satisfied and never once |
blow on the wicked artists there en-
ployed. But it would be dreadful |
coarse joke if the police were to
pounce upon the concern while We
should happen to be there !! This
thought scares US off. But we make
no sort of doubt that they are too
sharp to be mean or vulgarly dis
honest, these clever scamps who Or
ganize and carry on this note -imitat-
ing business. No petty pilfering
with them ; no small and stingy
frauds; but a broad guage of infamy
which is full of fascinating and
empting incidents. The wonder is
hat such nimble fingered knaves
make any blunders such as are noted
n the description of this last dis
counterfeit. Wonder if the
head devils don't have some sort of
penalty for the bungling engravers
who make these betraying errors?
We should hope so. But they can't
.fford to quarrel very loudly amongst
themselves. They find it necessary
o vent their Indignation in hissings
md low whispers. Every fellow
,oes about with the Devils own
mark on him and nightmare of the
'enitentiary bullying over his work s
ngs and his dreams. One wonder I
>, now We think Of it, that they
ont make more mistakes. We
hould think an engraver's hand {
1ould tremble when he knew lie was
laking for himself, in every line, a
warrant of arrest and in d
ictment. It's the soberest and
icest and most delicate, sensitive Il
nd deliberate deyiltry that perverted Il
lroitness ever got involved in. =
ere is a key to the defects of this Il
st big counterfeit q
The following is description of the :.
ference between the genuine and l.
$500 legal tender note issue N
1863: The upright that holds the
lance of the scales held in the hand
the female figure shows a white line
the counterfeit in the lower part of h'
e palm of the hand to the second fin 81