The Portland daily press., 1880-11-04
Counterfeit U. s. Bonds.

Mr.. r. w. Gage has furnished us with the
following points of difference between the gen.
uine and counterfeit $1,000 six per cent. U. S.
coupon bonds. of the series of 1861 In the
1000 counter composed of nine sections at each
side of the portrait of Chase, it will be OBJ
served, in the section at the left of the lower
half OF the figure '1'' in 1900" the letter "S'
in s'Stat" is entire in the counterfeit; in the
original only the upper half of the IS" is seen.
Also, to the right of the letter S sin the word
registers will be found break in the hair
line surrounding the portrait of Chase, about
one-sixteenth Of an inch in length, which does
not appear in the original. The counterfeit
differs from the original in the mitreing Of the
four corners of tie green border. Near the ex-
treme corner inside of the lathe work border
uniform white figure in the shape of a heart,
with the apex pointing toward the corners,
will be observed, and this figure is the same
on all four corners in the original these fig
ures are irregular, having no symmetrical
form. In the words care indebted unto" be.
low the portrait of Chase, the heavy black
line in the centre of the face of the first letter
ga" is omitted in the counterfeit In the title,
"United States of America" the ruled shade
on the left-hand side of the spur of the letter
sup at the bottom, on the counterfeit, are
seven short lines forming but slight shade
under that part of the letter. while in the gen.
uine there are ten lines about one-sixteenth of
an inch in length, forming shade the same
width as the shade at the bottom of the letter.
On the right of the spur at the bottom OF the
letter sU," in the counterfeit, the ruled shade
where it touches the bottom of the letter IN,
four lines only touch the 'N;" on the genuine
seven lines touch the "N." On the counter
felt the shade on the right spur at the bottom
of the letter ''T,' in 'United," three lines
touch the bottom of the letter "E;" on the
genuine the shade does not touch the "E:"
The shading in top loop of the first IS" in
"States'' fills the loop on the counterfeit,
while on the genuine there is a slight blank
space in the lower right-hand part OF the loop.
There is blank space in the shading OF the
bottom loop of the same letter on the counter
felt in the lower right-hand part; on the genu-
uine the blank space is directly over the point
in the bottom of the letter. On the lower loop
of the second IS, " in the counterfeit the ruled
shaded lines fill the whole loop, while in the
genuine there is blank space sfree from rul-
The title, as we'll as all the engravings on
the bond, varies in every particular from the
genuine, but the points mentioned are some OF
the most prominent discrepancies. In the
| fringe on the left side of the cravat on the
portrait of Chase on the counterfeit there Will
be observed two deep graver cuts. running at
right angles across the fringe. These two cuts
do not appear on the original. On the red
seal under the scales is right angle contain
stars are small and badly formed, the points
not being we'll defined, while in the genuine
they are larger and well pointed. This also
applies to all the stars on the red seal. The
signature at the lower right hand on the
counterfeit is engraved and printed in a gray
ish h.colored ink, and afterward tampered with
by the use of writing fluid, while in the genu-
inc bond the signature is written. No reliance
can be placed on the relative sizes of the
bonds, as the genuine vary in size, which is
accounted for by the stretch and shrink ng of
the paper On which they are printed.