Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-03
GOOD MONEY.
Fhe Different Denominations Of Paper
Money Accurately Deseribsd-A
List to Paste
In Ones Hat-Nstional Bank Money and
Government Notes-A Treasury
Employees Opinions.
Washington Correspondence New York
Tribune

"Fewer persons would be victimized b
showers of the queer If they would tamil
iarize themselves with the general fea
lures Of the different issues and denomin
atoms Of our psper currency. 1 see fire
quently published statements that note
of small denominations have been raised
snd successfully placed in circulation
Now, nobody Of ordinary intelligence
ought to be deceived by so transparent I
sWindle as that"
The foregoing observations which fell
from the lips Of treasury employe re
Gently arrested the attention Of Tribune
correspondent, who asked:
"Can you give off-hand & correct de-
scription Of each issue and denomination
of pSper currency in crculation?"
The Treasury man confessed that he
could not do it. Two or three days after.
ward he came back and ssid: az have
taken the trouble to look into that mat
ter. 1t was greater task han l expect
ed. Here is a list OF ali the different
kinds of currency with the chief charsc-
teristics of each issue and denomination
All of them have been counterfeited eX-
cept the silver certificates which have moi
been out long enough to give counterfeit
ers an opportunity to do their work and
get the false notes into circulation. II
every man who handles money would
paste this list in his hist and test every
doubtful note by 1t c good many thousand
dollars in the aggregate would be saved
every yesr."
The list, condensed, is as follows:
Tho old al TrnaanrU npEp IN ifa
face likeness of George Washington.
The 81 silver certificate has on its face
an engraving of Martha Washington.
The 81 national bank note has on its
face al engraving of two maidens in the
attitude Of peace, each grssping the 9th
er's hand; on the back Of the note is On
engraving representing the landing OF the
.,iIgrims, and on the left will be found
the coat of arms of the state in which the
bark is situated. On the right is repre-,
Sentstion of the American eagle sur
rounded by national emblems.
The 81 United States Treasury note
has on its face an engraving of Alexander
Hamilton, with l6the-WoTk on the back.
The 81 national bank notes have on
their face s picture of the Goddess OF
Liberty seated by & United States flag
with wreath on the top OF its staff, and
the figure engraved In large proper
tons extending from the upper right-hand
corner Of the bill TO the center.
The 50 silver certificates have an en-
craving OF General Hancock on the left
Of their face, and green lathe work on the
oack.
The So national bank notes (old issue)
have on the left OF theic face an engraving
representing the discovery of America by
Columbus, and on the right d scene in
which appear Pocohontss aud John Snith.
On the Dack is sn engraving representing
the landing Of Columbus. The new issues
have on the left OF their face picture OF
Garfield. On the back Of the note, left
side, Is the cost OF arms Of the state in
which the bank is situated; and Oh the
right is representation Of the American
eagle, surmoQnted by the letters "U. S."
in monogram. The note is brown on the
back.
The So silver certificates have on their
faces vlguette of General Grant, and on
the backs are scrolls representing five
silver dollars.
The So United Ststes Treasury notes
(old issue) have ON the left side If their
lace an engraving of the Goddess of Lib
erty, with Alexander Hamilton on the
right and green lathe work on the back
The new issues have al engraving of
jackson on the left, T. pioneer scene on
the night and lathe work on the bsck.
The $40 Treasury note NEW issue) have
an engraving of Daniel Webster on the
left of their face, the scene Of Pocahontas
and Captain Smith on the right and lathe
work on the back. The old issue notes
have likeness OF Abraham Lincoln on the
left, an American eagle in the center and
the Goddess of Liberty On the right.
The $40 National Bank notes (old
issue) have On the left of their face an
engraving Of Benjamin Franklin drawing
the lightning from the clouds, and on the
right representation of the Goddess Of
Liberty borne by the American eagle. Ga
the back Of these notes is represents
ton of De Soto discovering the Missis-
sippi river. The new issues hsve. choc-
olate colored backs with the engraving
OF De Soto omitted.
The $40 silver certificates (old issue)
have on their face a likeness Of Robert
Morris, the back of these notes being
white and black. The new certificates
have on the center of their face q like
ness of Vice-President Hendricks, and
have green backs.
The $40 legal tender United States
notes Gold issue) have in the center OF
their face q picture OF the goddess OF lib
erty with sword and banner and lathe
work on back of notes. The notes Of the
new issue have on the left picture OF
Alexander Hamilton and on the right is
the goddess of liberty with sword and
shield.
The 800 national bank notes have on
the left of their face q representation OF
the battle Of Lexington, and on the right
is the goddess OF liberty, surrounded by
emblems Of the different arts and trades
of the country. The old issues Of these
notes have on the back representation
Of the baptism of Pocshontes, the new
issue having chocolate-colored back
with this engraving omitted.
The 500 gold certificates have on the
left of their face picture of Garfield and
in the center the word "gold" in large
colored letters, while on the back of the
notes is seen the American esgle with
thundert otis in his tslons.
The 800 silver certificates have on the
right of their faces likeness Of Comno-
dore Decatur and on the back of these
notes the word "silver" in large letters
widely separated.
The $50 United States Treasury notes
(old issues) have an engraving OF Hanll-s
ton in the center of their face and on the
back many small engrsViDgs Of the words
$3.50 U, S. Treasury note" in lathe workS
There is also another issue with Henry
Flaw IN tho riOht and the God6eae 0ns 4Ae