Telegram-herald., 1888-03-22
scsuTiNizs THE VS.
A Dangerous Cosatsrtsit five Dollar ,si-
var Csxsine.ts Cireai4tisx.

var Csxsiae.ts Circai&tisx.
CHaeAso. March l.-Tsn days ago the
Chicago Salioasl Baak clerks noticed ia 4
deposit made 81 rsgalar patron . s. oiA.
slssf csruhcsts. which drew 6rst their al
tentiOn and then their ma<nliying asses
by il unusually light color. They took Il
u ths Eirst National Bank. the oEncials Of
which asciared il genuine. Being dissatis-
fed, they sent il 70 tns Treasury Depart
nlenE al Washington. from which It vas re-
turned marked counterfeit since that
time three similar bilis have been offered
A. the Chicago National Bank, two
At ths Commercial National. three
at the Traders. and two al Ger
bard forman's bank. and within the last
Two days they have been very freely cifcu-
lated among W-st side tradesmen, ladies'
and others not accustomed 10 critically ex-
anime AoaeV received. Tho tnlcsg0 Ma
tional Bank depOsitors we're sstonished 70
lad The bills declared cOuntsrfeit. and
could not tell from whom they received
them. The matter OF attempting 10 run
down the expert counterteiters has been
placed ia the hands OF the secret service
officials.
The counterfeit is very clever. bat with
careful reading Of the subI0ined descriptive
comparison. II s believed no careful person
need Dc dec we'd by Il.
The counterfeit front in general coloring
and shading is much lighter aud greatly in
terror 10 that OF the genuine. Especially Is
this notable IN the yignette around the head
OF General Grant and encrclinx the numeral
Y aud the figure "5' The stipple work
surrounding the yignette is not nearly so
srtisucslly worked a. IN the genuine. nor Is
il 50 dark eoiored. fhe hair lines IN Grants
beard ara also much lighter than in the
genuine. The wreath beneath the vignette
IN the genuine is exceedingly delicstely
worked add will stand the test. so
far IS lines are concerned, under
the magniiying glass. and show
perfection, which the counterfeit,
will not The scroll work around the
V and IS" in tue genuine under msgni-
tying glass will BE found TO DC exceedingly
nne and perfectly regular IN its construc-
ton snd does not interlap as in the coun-
Ierfeit. Experts disagree as 10 whether or
not the scroll work on the counterfeit IS by
hand or lathe; however. II is more irregular
than in the genuine. The silk threads run
ming across the face OF the genuine,seems 10
be lacking in the counterfeit, but If a line is
detected there IL is ruled in ink. which can
| De readily detected because of its being
| heavier than the genuine silk thread, and
| in the specimen seen yesterday is not
thread st all. bat . line drawn from edge to
| edge of the note.
The sea- in the counterfeit is about six
| tecnth Of az inch nearer the edge of the bill
| than the genuine, and in the kew shown in
| the seal in the genuine bill the notch shows
| up in white as letter L, with the top
| against the key bar while in the counter
| felt the white notch locks the top wings, or
resembles a capital Il" This difference
can Dc readily detected by the naked eve.
The rays of white lines radiating from
| the Roman nunerai v, IN which is tech
nically termed the engine turned work
/ end in well-defned feathers or arrow
| shaped tips in the genuine, while in the
/ other they end in misty. underlined man
| ner. The wart appearing on the genuine at
| the side Of General Grants nose is wanting
| in the bogus bill, hence mo wsrt, no
/ good"
/ On the back of ths counterfeit the exc
| cutiO1 of the designs Is almost perfect with
the exception Of the light defective coloring,
| which Is as marked a. on the front. The
shading of the fgurehead in the center on
the counterfeit runs nearly the same over
| the entire five medallions of silver dollars,
while on the genuine the shading grows
much heavier as It goes upward The let
tering and figures on the counterfeit are
| almost perfect.
Altogether IL is by far the most danger
Gus counterfeit that has been in circulation
for long time, and the fact that so many
samples of the counterfeit have been ! e
senled recently would indicate that large
number OF them are already in circulation