The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-19
CoUNTERREITERs AND THEIR WAYs
How Bogus Cola is Made Counterfeit
OF Paper NlOney-IIOW the had Money Il
Disposed OF

How Bogus Cola II e-ConnterfsitiBl
OF Paper MOney-IIOW the bad Money Il
Disposed OF
From the Wa'AIngton ID. o. Star
Neun'ef'eislns tue currency OF tne coun'
Wy ID more extensively carried on than IL
generally supposed. There Is large mum
Der Of men, women and children engaged
In the bns;ness. II has aInnost hacoma n
r.,io.., i,I,,...,. M - Ns.s
'a'0IA t''uus'!' Nv" CAUSES SonOlue
70 make II 50 extenslve-one, the difficulty
of capturing counterieiters, and the other
the small nnmber ofmen whoara snacioI,v
or,nIa.a', =. AZ. SstaS.,.' -. 80 y, r,S
eaP!Oyeu ln sne ue9ecton oi ulat elaSs oi
criminals. Every coin issued by the
government has been counlerieited; and
every issue OF le0al tepJsrs apd aImos,
oro,,, ;.sno ~ as.,o.sI ~ - -" ''",O.' 80
ever! ISSUE oi nauOnAi Dank notes mas
been similarly dealt with. There are
more counterfeit coins made than counter.
felt notes and mora conntsrieits ~ ne.
,tanaI 80 ~. N''s'ss ~" ~ ~, ~"
',oNS' oauAs Ase Pus w 'ue niaFAet ulah
Oh legal tenders. The readiness with
which coins can be counterfeited and the
small capital required TO enter into the
business is the cause oil the magnitude Of
such operations. Five or six dollars Is
enough to set man up In
4rr nt,s,Srss or y,r,xo sp,,D,o,,s oo,,.
Coin counterieiters direct THAR altar.
ton chiefly TO tho quarter and half dollar
silver pieces, though thev by no means
confine themselves thereto. The ontfii
for the work consists OF few genuine
coins, some antlmony, lead, type metal
pulverized glass, q small galyanic battery
q crude milling machine, and moderate
supply OF plaster Of Paris, With Inc
plaster OF Paris soft they make models
very perfect ones -of the coin. Sometimes
in one mould there will be cavities exactly
the size Of all the silver coins, with the I'M.
preston OF one side ON one.half Of The
Of the reverse. The base metal, antimony,
lead, type metal and pulyerized glass.
though tin Is sometimes used-is melted
and poured in the mould. When sniff.
GENTLY cooled the metal Is taken ont. The
coin has dingy, rough and a not Al ali
deceiving look, It Is smoothed with a
knife as far as possible, the rough edges
being cut of. It is next run edVeway
through a small milling machine. Which
generally consists Of two small copped
wneeis: ,Sa els Ihs makes the notches around
''' eSe'
THE SWEATING PRocEss'
ALI that is now left to give the coin a
pretty direct appearance as genuine money
Is coating OF silver. This the counter
letter secures from genuine coins. The
genuine coin subject to the action OF the
battery soon looses some OF its silver. Be-
lore it is sufficiently dissolved to totally
deface it the coin is taken out. Enough
genuine silver Is in this way procured
from single piece ID plate dozen coun-
terfeits; and the original looks, after this
operation, as II it was but little worn,
and can readily be passed. This process
is called sweating" The work is very
simple: A good hand at the business can
make his moulds from plaster OF Paris
and begin turning out spurious pieces all
in two or three hours. In counterleiting
gold coin the same method is pursued, a
genuine gold coin substituted for the sill
yer one in the sweating being the only
change. 1t is much more difficult, how.
ever, to get decent looking gold counter.
felt than it is eof silver; therefore there
Is not much doing in that line OF business.
,xoruvr r,,,,. or n,,, ,o,,,,-,.
"l' W., -,N ~ VI ."h SVUN4h htAf E'IAh
~ golu s win an instrument made for
mat u purpose 70 noliow out the coin
sn.t1ugI L. stlali hoIe IN the eoge, NIL IN
WIN a pase metal ana mill over the aper.
tqte. IN this way fourteen dollars worth
Oh com can pe gotten from twenty-dollar
gold-piece. The work is q delicate one,
however, anu noI mucn tesorted 70. silver
GouIa S pe ireaIea In the same way, but
wou!d hardly pay. AS an instance oi the
readiness WIN Whlcn all coins can be
SOurionS sts5do.d T. nS W n,in nsnuonea tnas
k dou oftor ,La aonr;no ;nsnna Gtgpeateu t.l"
T.essn.r e S''Tt plastos ~ s'e - tssueu itEn tiIe
not n:od aI,ono,Sa. aus inousus az
;nn co;n stseI SountetIeIt-
apd Jias .e' ora auu sNno.;Isss Grass Ho.Is ,.oUI
Tho facos S's'Ss ~ NT. u'eu.
nevs- onsreSod IN tha e ao,, .Ssia;s as ;Ii ate
,Oont os r. J;o, ,,soS W +, EoSn.1. .t isis inPie
tbo oo,ornrSa ~, ;n s.a.;ahi,a IL LUZ NJ, py
rrssS;ons ,"e ~ tbs .ao - % taoSn Az a. I hue .n
proJncad Il % staoS sSU onJ , .Oa. VI 'ne Uo.n ~
mo"IJs anJ d;os H. SnH ;noo. VIasS counterIelt !in
of the csv;ty S IieS ~ ad IN emu
n soit natal ~ sono % I;Ud 1Tnau e.eu III ineiaI
co;n @ ~ ba u ;n,iso,aJ Se Hs y Soo, pGn tnls sns
Unti, %rlat0 inJan,o.or - HeSSy impteSseu Ss
are vSrv soI5om raeS Thu y onh;no.,. aGe pies ies
tbeir ,;se e', IL az Isea heo,,, lo5
cos,i, % t6ot II az o.e yi ~. 'usone SaiI".1 any
~ Tha rsa s ~ "S n,,,DosJ us se1uom III iesorteu M
com nosit;on ~ capn,osfa;e u noFaa E IN tH tHe
nnrno"e ot s;yinS ,hem IIs 4s;n,n y 'Or .N sae
thino lie t6at posSessad @ hv b tba ,,0s,';a~ some
mets Tbev caI si oi%sSS ho da.ao,asS ssnusne Lai,'
aver hv THAR reiabt ysye. =" teGseeI Se;eo now
ss the yenn;ne "s N''e' Oet"s "s heA'y
40 'N' sDU' up,r,xou
:, ,,o.,. 49,, ."'.., |
Is a very go9a method oil testing the
'snua SeiuiiHness ,,ln 2 3L COIN. Mneh pressed be-