Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-09
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
AN EXPERTS ACCOUNT OF SOME
VERY DANGEROUS mutations.
The "Webster'' Head $40 Counterfeit Of
Is75- The "Massarhusetts Counter
feits" "-DIfereuce- Between the
False aud tho Trus-CoIn.



Counterfeit DetectOr Expert Torrey said
that II peopls coulI only Us taught u know
what good money looks like they wouli bs
les easily deceived by couHtsrfeIts He
.aiI that the last new counterfeit was OF
SlO United States treasury note Of the series
Of 1880 The genuine nots. and, Of course
the counterfeit both bear a head Of Daniel
Webster in the lower left hand corner. In
the good note the lines that make the lapel
and the shoulder Of Webster coat are
equally heavy; in the counterfeit they ara
not Besides although the bad note is
sisusi b X. Bruce" and James Gilfl-
Ian il does not bear the word, Register
# the Treasury and "Trsasurer 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, and hundreds Of dollars In it are
handled every day.
MARVELLOUS IMITATION.
The best known SO counterielt is the
"Webster head" series Of ls7j, a marvel
ou>ly executed piece Of work It is esti-
mated that $4,000 OF them have been
utFered for deposit in the New York banks
since Jan. |. 1t is a fact that the banks
where many ladies have private accounts
handle less counterfeit money than the
others Women are quick to detect Lad
money. The mos: expert Of the tressury
counters" In Washington are ladies' but
there are counterfeit fives, tens and twsnties
in circulation that baffis even their skill
The he t s. countsrfeits are the work Of
Charlie, Ulrich and his pal Irving White.
They are all on MassacbuSstts banks, and
they are known As the Massschu ,etts coun-
terfoIts These are almost perfect, but to
the practicsd eye counterfeit" in letters su
inch long Is printed acros their faces In
one corner is the familiar picture OF Colum-
bus aboard his vssssl gazing at the New
World that spreads before his eyes Whsre
the taffrail and the rail rf his ship jDin in
the picture there Is a joint in a genuine bill
There Is none in q counterfeit
OTHER DANGEROUS ONES.
There is no counterfeit OF a bank nots
above 800. There is one counterfeit on a
$40 treasury note, tbet OF the issue Of
1863 There are two countsrfeitI Of tr as
ury 81 900 notes, those Of 1862 and 1888.
These are ad mirabls pieces OF rascsIity.
There were some OF them in the treasury Of
Montgomery, Ala, when the last new treas
urer came into office there. He recsiptei
for them - the retiring treasurer and in
the cour.e of trade paid two Of them out
10 local bank Tuey reached Augusta,
Ga, before their genunsnsss was doubted.
The mo dangerous counterfeit Of notes
are stolen notes to wuich the bank Officers'
names have been forged Their numbers
always run in a series, and only by remsm-
bering the numbers can the notes be de-
tected- TIE most dangerous counterfeit Of
a United State coin in a g. gold piece that
is supp ,sel to have bsen made through the
ra>cality Of some eI-emplOyes in the New
Orleans mint 1t was made with the gen.
urne stamp The ut'ide i OF 30 fine gold
ami the insile Of sPeIter AMI platins. There
are hundreds OF Thousands Of them in cir
CulatiOn.