, 1879-02-13
COUNTERFEIT COIN.


E.rrrr,,,,d v,o,v NJ III. Amount in c,rou-
,'s'''.s ,"s'".-n"''o .'" M9s'st. " ~ ms.,,-
ltanErr t'renteF ~ Appearance thhn Hosl''
y-""rk OF tho secret service b'sis'on'
E"tresnoHdtnes Stlo fnFk Herald.
Treasury tleny tie newspancr reports Of m ex-
tcn<lvc rtntuent. of i,oru. co.o In n,,r mcta,ltc
a.a,,stt,,,. .'a,,,,,.z, ;r. na,,,. ~. hao,, -.
euuu luz "sa1aas ~ ,'., oon us ,. ose" .
Treasury officials believe tl,At 5000 Is
mnrn than the rraltty. Tiny do rok
,,rnv. hower.r ,bat lin res,,mntlon of
",,.,a ',..'., .x,,,'.s .. ,,,. ~. a..
almost uhsolcte industry ia this country
namely, tho counterlcltlnR Of coin. It is d
curious fact that the imitation Of a coin curreu-
cy +. morn crtcnslvc,y nrocttc,u, hv fltshnncst
- ."o eH'nh"eJ P'se''eso ~ "'0ao"ess
men than tla' oi paper c'lcuInl'oE' cepecah'y
Of late years, when tho cugraying Of paper
money has bccome 10 elaborate as to bc work
of art Which the couutcrfc,ter csn honc In sim.
u!ate ~. o"'5 ny t"e as''u'@,t'oh VI t"c shu' ol
lIict1mc alt' considerable nmotlnt oi capital
1t IL estimated, for instance. that tbs
ect OF plates from wh!ct, Tom Ballard
nrntc, 1T. fomn,,. coun,rrfet. rccca,,t,,cd
....s,,.'~. ~ t.,. o. tSo ~ sr ou
IN .sts eApeiutu,I '.a,, o. ttom Ss,vo ~ so.ovo
10Y lhGlr enEtaIHe ., ana Efcpnsassnn. pn een.
su & "ysr,,. ss mum ~ Wa,ars rau ~ liz
by buying lani & i!oaec nti1 m nome anu make
nun so1sen. s u se @ Sn1 s ~ ~ mouess NV
hnpo anos. ha1 ins toun.e1is.iE :.,. " eo'a
REQUIRES ~ nasn nrs nd vi ~, - ta o.
" n'uset y. ,'. ~ ~ % H., ~. % ~ 1 Ta
y w aau n.It ~, eas .'., ,, & s
cna.as.st VI US WI ,, n.ie,,. e".. WI
H. r. =. , ~, =, ~ "'"
qnl%ss 'i's sn @ wny nro ,nuds most Of lie borus
1l'cheas n!.a sups.oshss .st, sheF so''s "''en W.
eas,onaa.y tsuun1G LIZ .!s s t., .o ,,,,,
lte genuine eoIn ~ a1;o, sate. y. w p"ap
OF plaster, anu nn osefi'nE huIiacc Is uith
Milen Aasu tnc W. pa..a " 'i.c u!n,u nse scp,
ntateu lne eoin tsMeh ou. WI r5,o "f m o ~.
" !ile soIEtefes leTs @ ~, "'su 10 sne guee
u tt's ho!9w ! space ;, ~. M oasu = e H. T. pumfI9
ial nut tie iorl, y a,wnys slightly deficient
~ s'se, ins ~ an ,ni 'I "a eo ~ Gr1
felt Is made of molten metal which snEinks
sllsnt ~ !. eno.5: cat'E ~ ,,.s 1.
VI tnnn .lt mnH " I T., .aat,t uv.tt
ca! neada u.Mn1S ~ ~ ,ds " 1ra.,an t,"a
eolfs W,h are aIu . w. aa. % I,e iaese r., .so Nr.
are several patent ues!Get els'nE tAt exact Ely
VI ihS EeMusno ts ".sm ~ -. ',,,H t
cnanterlel' "ngn tic aa..s. asc @ ~ tcst
WIN lhelA. lnsle n.G l ,.I'.' liz, .p, "ts3
Me M H. @ IL ,1sr ~ IN MI clusse, .f rnun'
uH u.s' H., ~. ~ .".S, , ~ H. t.rn,rfnttI,' ~ T. ai
icriens, uieIt Is SUMS i,pcriee.,ol ~ eo!ur,
ittstrs' ! WGa5n.; suu''a' VI ee''s'a' appes'Aoee
"l Tls coun.crfeiter c. Of coin Is the most troublc-
so,r tn ,hr ,,olcc nnl f]ctcrtiyrs. liis name ts
fe'f f1tfa,. H. III cncnnness Of the outlay tc,nuts
niu, constantly tu undertake tic milking uI lad
nm ur.iIuary house. With u lev handfujs Of
pjastsr, small cructblc, and couple oi dolsars
r,o,,cy must hive o,,i,p an Establishment a1,
RIM tic riNk OF inviting suspicion Of bis opcr,.
tin,s. Ifn has also to hs careful of The com
.'.nv he t"Sns o,ij to rcu,nIn far in thc
har,rn,,n,l MT at sinht Of t!w retail Showers
vim s.rr,Iots In mnney. hit thc cain counter.
teitrr ia hun,bjer. md content with IIghtcr re-
turnt for ,1is entcrnrtsc, lie is nuisance
ta,hrr ti,an fcon. nrartira,it at Icn5t. Like n
,n',shrons, hc IL striHrinr in constantly. int
| i;wr tl,ut ht nf vegetation hc is uuirkIy SIM.
,n."s.rI lts ncwtrr tiim,rs nul nsinrtrrs arr
.',on .1c,crtrd n,,l his orr,,uatfnn rom
s" Wb"n Il il said that tkr countcrfeteris
n,n', f. 1r,,Ion II. is not tneaut thnt i'm
!. n"u ILL., liz :. I'm" :, so,rr If the ,neatrn wta
.onos hineclf crrrv f"y Rrx,t,sla In tht. mmfrh
,, ,,r" ,rmr fir h vcritaniy nl,m,rrna
Iio Nv n,,' "c,'rtrrfc,,er s,n,, lrssts frn his
,,nsn.. In s.ns tt.xt lis wnrt nf mi il m. sn
.;u,.ntI,o - he tho,,"ht Il wtn,i IT, 1'aEin,.
,e r,sk IT iirlcetie1 s,i lis faurc to 1aaN,: