The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-12-18
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
AN EXPERTS ACCOUNT OF SOME
VERY DANGEROUS H.ITATIoNs.
The "webstsr' Head SO Counterfsit Of
1sT5-The "Msssanh sets Counter
feits"- Differences Between the
False aud the True-CoIn.
IN, Y. Mail and EXPRESS |

IN. Y. Mail and Express.
Counterfeit Detsstor Expert Torrey said
that IL people coull only be taught to know
what good money looks like they would be
less easily deceived by counterfeits. He
said that the la It new counterfeit was Of .
SO United States treasury note Of the series
of 1880. The genuine note and, Of course.
the countsrfsit. both bear head Of Daniel
Webster In the lower ieft-hnnd corner. In
the good note the lines chat make the lapel
and the shoulder Of Webster's coat are
equally heavy; in tho counterfeit they are
not Besides, although the bad note ID
signed @B. X. Bruce" and James Gilfl-
lan," it does not bear the words Register
OF the Treasury" and Treasurer Of the
United States" and the words Engraved
and printed at the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing" are also wanting. Even
with these defects the note is most danger
Gus, ani hundreds Of dollars in it ara
handled every day.
A MARVELLOUS IMITATION.
The best known $40 counterfeit Is the
1Webster head" series of 1875, a marvel
ously executed piece Of work. It is esti-
mated that $4,000 OF them have been
offered for deposit in the New York banks
since Jan. l. 1t is fact that the banks
WueTo hidHS lhhlcs uuNo pIlNato aSSouh0
handle less counterfeit money than the
others. Women are quick to detect bad
money. The most expert Of the treasury
counters" in Washington are ladies, but
there are counterfeit fives tens and twsnties
In circulation that bafIi, even their skill
The be t IS counterfeits are the work Of
Charles Ulrich and his pal, Irving White.
They are all on Massachusetts banks, and
they are known as the Massachusetts coun-
terfsits These are almost perfect, but to
the practicei eye counterfeit" in letters an
inch long Is printed across their faces In
one corner IL the familiar picture Of Colum-
bus aboard his vssssl, gazing at the New
World that spreads before his eyes Where
the taffrail and the rail cf his ship join In
the picture there Is joint in q genuine bill
There Is none in a counterfeit
OTHER DANGEROUS ONES.
There Is no counterfeit OF a bank note
above $lUl There Is one counterfeit on a
$50 treasury note that Of the issue OF
1859 There are two counterfeits Of treas
ury g. 900 notes. those of 1862 and 1875.
These are admirable pieces Of rascality.
There were some OF them in the treasury OF
Montgomery, Ala, when the last new treas
urer came into Office there. He receipted
for them t, the retiring treasurer and In
the course OF trade paid two Of them out
to local bank. They reached Augusta,
Ga, before their genuinsnsss was doubted.
The mot dangerous counterfeit OF notes
are stolen note. to which the bank officers
names havs been forged Their numbers
always run in q series, and only by remem-
bering the numbers can the notes be de.
tected. TIE most dangerous ccaaterfeit OF
UnitsI State coin in s5 gold piece that
Is supp ,seI to have bss1 IN Ide through the
rascality Of soms exemployes In the New
Orleans mint IL wa made with the gen
uine stamp Tie outile IL OF 9o1 fine gold
an the iisi 10 OF spe!ter an platlna. There
are hundreds OF thou>and Of them in cir
culation.