The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-15
COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTES.
New and BewiIdering Processes by Which
They Are Turned Out.

New and BewiIderi ring Processes by Which
They Are Turned Out.
philadelphia Times.I
"The photographed counterfeit bank
bill is very common, said John ) Dye,
government counterfeit detective, to a
reporter. There are two processes, the
old and the new By the old process
the whole of the back of the note is copied
and appears in black on the photograph.
These are then tinted with pens and brushes
by hand. The black, however, can be seen
under the tint, which on the seal is blotted
and covers the white lines which appear
in the genuine note. The numbering is
also blurred with color, and the whole OF
the tinting on the back of the note is
badly done and incomplete.
The detection of photographed coun-
terfeits depends upon a critical Observa-
ton of their character and appearance
Unless they are perfectly new they are off
color, and show the reddish brown pecul-
lar to faded photographs. By the new
process the seal, numbers and color work
on the back, whether pink, carmIne,
chocolate or green, are first entirely re-
moved from the note to be initiated. \
negative is then taken from the block which
remains. To produce the color work an en-
graved plate of the seal and the tinted part
of the back are used and the tints are
clearly surface printed in their places.
The numbers are also printed in cOlors
from separate engraved figures used in
combination and Changeable. These
figures are well done, and run in SERIES
and, unlike the spurious bills made by the
old process, are really dangerous.
Are there any other methods of CouD-
terfeiting besides photography and en-
graving?"
"Oh, yes; but they are easily detected,
being generally clumsy executed. There
are Autographs, etchings and pen-work
cOunterfeits. Spurious 81 and 81 United
States treasury notes are of this kind, and
it is only on account of their small de-
nomination that they have any circuia-
ton. Then, again. the vignette heads are
occasionally cut from notes of small
value, the back removed and the face
neatly cemented over the interior work of
poor counterfeit ffties, which are thus
made passable.
How are the public to discriminate
between genuine bills and fOrgeries?"
We'll of course, therein lies the posi-
bility of successful forgeries If the gen
eral public was so we'll acquainted with
the appearance Of genuine bills as in
stantly to be able to detect spurious ones,
the counterfeiter's occupation would be
gone. Whenever a counterfeit with the
exception of Photographic, photographic,
and etching or pen made one, any Of
which frauds should be detected at a
glance of national bank bill appears the
genuine bill is as rapidly as possible with
drawn from circulation. The fact that a
counterfeit has been showed is published
as soon as discovered, and it is the duty
of everybody thereafter to refuse or be
very careful in accepting a bill of that de-
nomination. We are even now expecting
that in a short time new spurious bill
be showed We have not yet traced it to
its origin, but we have our eyes open and
are on the lookout. !"