Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-17

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ANOTHER TRICK OF THE CouNrHRFE1rRR
In gold is with an instrument made for that pur-
pose to hollow out the coin through a small
hole In the edge, fill in with base metal and
dollars worth Of gold can be gotten from
twenty dollar gold piece. The work Is deli
cate one, however, and not much'resorted TO-
o1r smveG could be treated IN the same way; but
ness with which all coins can be counterfeited
1t may be mentioned that spurious standard
syeT silly dollars a5 the day after the
moulds are not used altogether 10 counterfeit,
ing coin. Steel and brass mOids and dies are
sometimes used: The faces Of the coins are
the dies used In manufacturing by the govern
ment invariably are. The Impressions Of the
Two faces OF the coin are produced In steel and
m Drass u.s. counterfeit moulds and dies by inserting
IN either end OF the cavity to be filled by melted
metal soft metal OF some kind. Upon this the
coin to be initiated is heavily impressed until
complete irdentation is made. Dies are very
heavy, cumbersome and costly that they are
but seldom resorted to. The use of pulverized
glass In the composition OF counterfeit coins Is
thing like that possessed by the genuine metal
They can always be detected, however by their
weight never being as heavy as the genuine.
"BITINGs'
ls very gOO0 meIlOQ OF CoSang the genuine
ness OF coin. When pressed between the teeth
cracking occasioned by the brittle glass is
generally heard In the counterfeit. Market
women always bite coin that Is given them
before accepting 1t as payment for their wares.
Outside OF gold and trade dollar counterfeitfng
spurious metallic money untu the issue of sub
sidiary coinage and the passage of the resump-
uon act. Both these brought hard money out,
and the cOuterfefterS had to keep up with the
Onor6f10nS
demonstrate this. All the counterfeit money
captu ed Is kept at headquarters, and at certain
intervals In destroyed. The custodian In charge
tion OF his books shows that the last destruction
OF this kino was in December, 1876. Then there
was melted In counterfeit gold $l1, ,45s.25 in
nickels, $lS1.65 This was the accumulation of
captures during the seven years previous
during the two years and half since the melt
Ing the accumulation Is about $4,000 In excess
OF the amount then destroyed.
CONTEMPLATING PAPER MONEY
That there is much more counterfeiting In
coins than in notes, is due to the fact that the
production OF the latter Is much more expen-
sive; and every man cannot 60 into the busi-
ness. 1t requires very large capital. Engrav-
a+ aSg u.s. OF course, necessary There are very few
chtnery used is on the same style as that en-
ployed Dy the government, though on smaller
scale. IL Is very costly; and 1t takes six months
or plates. Four or five plates, as the case may
be, complete set, all the different coIors on
plates.
THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO POINTS OF p1rPsREycS
between genuine and counterfeit notes. On
the counterfeit note the geometric lathe work.
or fine continuous line work, is executed BY
hand, while on the genuine 1t is done by ma
chlnery; ana the paper on which cOunterfetts
s are printed @ are enc never M a6er paper The govern
Dility for counterfeiters to procure. paper OF
this kind. Only one OF them, Tom Ballard
ever succeeded In making paper with fiber in iJ:
it. In the counterfeit the f1ber Is Initiated by
indiscrfminate scratching on the plate. The
national banks until about two years ago did
as precaution. OF all notes the i1ves OF ma
tional banks are the most counterfeited A
set p;s Of Plates for one ma
so well known as to be extremely dangerous he
inserts for the plate from which the name OF
the bank and the seal OF the state is printed on
name and seal. By this means with Change
OF only one plate in his set he can run the
s OF AL the national banks in the country
extensively prosecuted OF any branch Of the
profession. N OA0
HOW THE BOGUS MONEY Is PUT IN c1RcuLA.
TION.
The manufacturer Of counterfeit money nave
puts his production directly into c,rcn,ar,on
Those who make spurious coin in a very small
way sometimes do, but the larger manufacturer
@ mas @orummers employed Ike any other business
mouse: Ihe drummers Will take stock and 20
dealers and receiving orders. In this WsY Il
N VIII sOmetmes 9 go through thirty or forty hands
DeIoIe ~ is showed, or put In circulation This
deites. When secret service man pounces on
ae,tsr I've & Of the queer" to get at counter
ieIeI ne VIII nave to trace his way back tedious
~ ana under all llmanner OF difficulties. He must
catcn tne engraver at work on his plate before
ne can convict him OF making them. And he
muSt capture the men working the presses or
nlling the molds In the very act. And, besides.
Ine counterfeiters are always shrewd and des-
perate.
ONE OF THE MOST CURIOUS ARRESTS
made by the service was about two weeks ago.
The man taken into custody was going through
the country plating silver-ware. The secret
service men found out that he resorted to
"sWeating" to get his silver for plating. He