The Red Cloud chief., 1885-12-11
MAmtino1EYs.


00Oe q the Yo0o1nmoDes Of the Paper
C.srssey efm0sdD. Countries.
At . STEAMSHIP ,.ge1eya reporter was
shown specimeas o. currency Of nearly
every European souney. The money
is kept there fos t,s p1rpose of supply
ing foreigners sbssut . return to Eu-
rope who wish 60 exshange American
money for that Of their own country.
Ordinarily the az .ney keeps up it. sup
ply BY exchanging usited States cur
rency with the Immigrant, of various
nationalities WHO reach here with
money of their oxa country in their
possession. H. in D. spring. when
there Is a rrshtf r~etutning immigrants
going home fH . visik etc. the supply
sometimes runs short. and foreign
banks have to he draw upon.
The Bank Of Enximd note is printed
On Irish linen "a hsr-lne! paper, plain
white and VIA raxgcd edges. The
paper lacks thsr mod. oily feeling Of
u W currtW ,, ami ;he p~lainness Of
the lettering an the entire absence Of
any coioring excepting black and
white makes t,s 6il in appearance
easy to counteri 1T The bill, are tive
inches by eight in Dimensions. They
are never reissu I'd f.pm the bank, but
burned IS soon, a. taken in. In send
ing money from, one part Of the coun-
try to another tine not j. generally cut
in two par.s- Ind Che pieces sent in
separate cnvele pes. The Bank Of Ire
and note Is "a appearance and size
much the sani :, WITH the addition OF
more scroll-xnrk IN the engraving.
German and austrian currency bear
upon each bill warning against coun-
tcrfeiters, threA tening pcnit-ntiary con-
sell or have IN tAeir possession any
counterfeit OF fac-simile Of any OF the
bills. The &c, man bills are printed in
green and b. ok .upon paper lighter
than our goll certi;icstcs. and are
about an inch wider. They are i'll de-
nominations Il ON 8 mar.s. or Sl.25. to
1000 marks Or e350. The currency Of
Austria is ffnted in two languages.
German On DE- side and Hungarian on
the other. in order 10 accommodate
his Majesty's. Francis J~oseph's, Mag
var subjects. The engraving is profuse
with artistic angel heads and rather
elaborate s~dsolEwo-k. The dill is
printed on > light-eolored. thick paper,
but with non Of the silk-fiber marks
nor gcOmetTii: lines used on our own
currency a. . protection against coun-
tcrfeiting. Some OF the more recently
issued GeTnian bills. however. are
printed on Tapervcry similar to that
used for Ubited States Treasury notes.
The smallest dissemination in Austrian
currency Is ] form. about 40 cents in
our money. The denominations are
from l form TO 1000 horins. a no.
ticeabie peculiarly Is the fact that in
exchanging. Auar;ans or Hungarians
prefer the paper money of their own
country tn 1Oin, while German. Swiss
or French p. ople invariably want coin
in preferences 70 ca -rcncy. The rea-
son for this = moi Known. unless it is
because IT,, smallest bill i'm Austrian
currency Is much smaller than the
smallest bill IN currency of any other
country, AMI the common people be-
come more ased to handling currency
there than in the others.
Banque lie Franc notes look like
small shot'.h1lk. with their blue and
black lettrrin9 on white paper. orna-
mented wi8 numerous neurological
pictures ~ lowest denomination is
the 2O-ffai0 uDte and the largest is
1000 frana9 italian currency is is
sued in . gsoat variety Of sizes and
colors. Tie mailer bills. 5 and 10
lire notes. .qoelalent to 81 and - bills.
are a5ont IT, same size as our old
'.shinplast 4" fractional currency. and
printed in PIX. blue and ccrm;ne. on
white pal,ots The latest ISSUES are
ornamenied 9TH 4 fincly-engravcd
vignette u Kg Humbert. The larger
notes are eIoh> ~rately engraved and OF
artistic d,sig08 The most striking bills
are those. az Russia. The lOO-ruble
bill is an .,lab1ratc affair. four BY ten
inches in tizss and barred from top 10
bottom With every color Of the rain
bow. blen led d they are when thrown
through - pEtDm, The center is Orna-
mented with \ large. fincly-cngravcd
vignet.e az catherine l. The colors
used 10 tprinf ng are dark and light
brown and Mack. The engraving is
not elahaifaE$ and the whole thing
looks like q cifcus poster. The p and
so ruble notee are much smaller and
not so gotEoously colored. The small
est denurilootion in Russian currency
is 5 rubleA 16out $3.50 in United States
currency
/. E. &Uch. an attachc Of the
agency, h. made Il collection ot q
humble tefrency curiosities. Among
these II fD1sW The first bills ever issued
by the unt1o4 States. This is a "a bill
issucdsih l50. with these words printed
in four : fsnt kinds of type on one
side: '.Th41e arer is entitled to receive
four $40 Al smilled dollars. or an equal
amour. il )ld or silver. according 20
a resd & 1oMPf Congress of Janua.y.
l779."f H. reverse. in addition TO
some eoa1oN y-engraved scroll-work.
bears tie t~1Eription: Printed BY Hall
Il Sell "a -FOUR Dollars. 1879. Four
Dollas."
Ancc,eF u is one of the notes issued
by Lois K0kuth in 1852. when he was
work., : 70 achieve Hungarian indie
pendC1 e. The bills We're issued from
NewH. kWhen Kossuth came to This
couuy es.sthe purpose of raising a
fund.- III are payable on demand.
the TN yn0r of tie establishment Of
the i'll epl9Eence Of Hungary.-Pats-
burokL1lotch