Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-07-02
CURIOUS CURRENCY
Paper Money Of various Nations.

Raper money OF sarious NAuohss
The Bank Of England motto Is printed
on Irish linen, water-lined paper, plain
| white and with ragged edges. The paper
lacks the smooth, oily feeling Of our
own currency. and the plainness Of the
lettering and entire absence Of any
colorlng excepting black and white
makes the bill In appearance easy to
counterfeit.
The bills are byS inches In dimen-
slons. They are never reissued from
the bank, but burned Is soon as taken
in.
In sending money from one part Of the
country to another the note is generally
cut in two parts and the pieces sent in
two separate envelopes.
The Bank Of Ireland note Is In ap-
pearance and size much the same. with
the addition OF more elaborate scroll
work In the engraving.
German and Austrian currency bear
upon each bill warning against coun-
terfeiters, threatening O penitentiary
confinement to anyone who shall make,
sell or have in their possession any coun-
forfeit or fac-simile Of any Of the
bills.
The German bills are painted green
| and black upon paper lighter than our
gold certificates, and are about an inch
wider. They are In denominations from
marks, or $l.25. to 1000 marks, or
$3.50.
Tho currency Of Austria Is printed in
two languages, Austrian on one side
and Hungarian on the other, In order to
accommodate his Majestys (Francis
Joseph) Magyar subjects The engrav-
ing is profuse with artistic angel heads
and rather elaborate scroll work.
The bill Is printed on o light-colored
thick paper, but with none OF the silk
fibre marks nor geometric lines used
on our own currency os protection
against counterfeiting. Some Of the
mvro recently issued German bills
however. are printed on paper very
similar to that used for United States
Treasury notes.
The smallest denomination In Austrian
currency Is one form, about forty cents
in our money. The denominations are
from one form to 1000 forms.
A noticeable popularity Is tho fact
that. In exchanging, Austrians or
their own country to coin, while German.
Swiss. or French people, invariably want
coin in preference to currency.
The reason for this Is not known,
unless 1t Is because the smallest bill in
Austrian currency Is much smaller than
tho smallest bill Of any other country.
and the common people become more
used to handling currency there than in
the others.
Banque de Franc notes look like small
show-bills, with their blue and black
lettering on white paper. ornamented
with numerous NEUROLOGICAL pictures.
Tho lowest denomination Ia the franc
motto and the largest Is 1000 francs.
italian aurrapcv Ia faSnad IN, uroot
variety OF sizes and colors. The smaller
bills, s and 10 lire notes. equivalent to
81 and 81 bills, are about the
same size as our old shinplaster
fractional currency. and printed In pink,
blue and carmine, on white paper.
The latest issues are ornamented with
finely engraved vignette OF King
Humbcrt. The larger notes are elab-
orately engraved and Of artistic
design.
The most striking bills are those Of
Russia. Tho 100 ruble bill is an elab-
roato affair, four by ten inches in size,
and barred from top to bottom with
very color OF the rainbow, blended n.
: ley are when thrown through n prism
Tho centre Is ornamented with Il large
molly engraved vignette of Catherine /.
Tho colors used in printing are dark
and light brown and black. The en-
craving Is not elaborate, and the whole
thing looks like Il circus poster. The
twenty-five and fifty ruble notes aro
much smaller, and not so gorgeously
crlored. The smallest denomination in
Russian currency Is five rubles, about
$3.50 In United States currency.
Mr.. I. K. Hirsch has madea collec-
ton OF q number of currency eurlosities.
Among those Is one of the first bills
ever issued by the United States. This
Is 81 bill issued in 1873 with these
words printed In four different kinds OF
typo on one side:
1.-THE bearer is entitled to receive four
Spanish milled dollars, or an equal
amount In gold and silver, according to
resolution Of Congress Of january,
1879"
The reverse. In addition to some
coarsoly engraved scroll work, bears tho
inscription:
% Printed by Hall 4 Sellers. Four
dollars. 1879. Four dollars"