Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-03-21
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Bs@Is't ISSlns Grooo %Snoy, ,ehsagSSs
mt in th,-.~Urmation askcd. He is$,S
handlcdsmoncy In nearly every Capital { +
Europe. Mn
"This,n. ho said, rs lie pickod up ,'&|
Bank of England note, "iss the plaincsA
OF currency. to DO found in any country ida
the world, and it is good fop gold in any,
land under tho sun where whitc mousv4 *
yellow live" ~
The Bank. of England note is =, IS
five inchcs, by oight in Dimensions, /
is printed in black ink on Irish Ii y
water lined paper, plnin white and n
ragged edges, which hicks tho
smoothncss of Our own bank notes. VS&
cit looks easy enough 10 counterfeit, y
remarked my ancient guard, "but, id
fact, the Bank of England suffers ms little
from countcrfeitcrs rs any similar institu..
tion in tho world. Tho notes nre never
rcissucd, but nro burned as soon as thcy
come back to the bank, and the paper Is
made for thnt sole purpose, and that is
the greatest safeguard. In sending
note by mail or express, tho note is nj.
ways cut in two and the halves sent sep.
aratcly.
"rhc sliowcst currency to be found
outside of China are the notes issued by
the Banque do Franc" he continued, M
he picked out picco of paper TINT rcscm.
blcd small show bill. The paper itself
is white watcr-lncd, printed in blue and
black, with numerous neurological aud
nllcgorical pictures, and running in de-
norniestions from the twenty franc note
TO thea fliAQ, ,frnnc,
,'Nfs nos5 fSgqlplptsrfcit, but far from
nrtiskie, 15s s y1Ishgls Of the man, "a
he pai!sisf eisi Il 4 I 6f ItAlinn notcf of
allH Il tzea rh0iBse The s,dnller
billsAit % ard -esl.sussiaa,lt
the size and sIlsFs2 qfir own old twcGSS
i've cent "shin-pfqst fractional cuES8
rcncy, and printed ohRWhile papcr iSss
pink, blue and cnrminc inks, and orns%
mented with n finely engraved 'vigncttt1
of King IIumbert. The larger notes arey
about the size of our grconbacls," and
are claboratcly engraved, but to my cyos
they nrc neither beautiful nor arListitl&
They nrc worth more away from homo
than they were IL fow ycnrs ago, though
owing to King Humbort's wise rulo.
"But hore is your elaborate bnnIs note, n
continued the old man, MS ho brought tCsE
light gorgeous piece Of paper about foury
inches by ton. II was tho hundred. rublpy
note Of Russia. Tho note was barred from
top to bottom with all the colors of thI
rainbow, blended as when thrown through
II prism. In tho centre, in bold relief,
stood large, finely executed vignottc of
the Empress Catherine l. This was in
black. The other engraving was not at
nll intricate or elaborate, but was woll
done in dark and light brown and blaok
inks.
"Thc Russians look upon that as. tho
height OF artistic work T" said Sliylock,'
"and IL has one merit. The paper iy
made bya secret process and the note has
mover been cointcrfcitcd. Itis also wortl,
its face value in every capital in Europe
and Asia. Tho smaller Russian notess
the twenty-five and fifty rublc bills, j9tsy)
about oncthird smaller and not lasspoN
gcously colored. Tho smallest donomin!s4
tion in Russian currency is five rublcs, u
about 50. so in United States currcncy.ls
"IIcrc is peculiar bill, but very
good idea, think" continued the money! 81
changer, NJ he showed mo another billl
"This is from Austria, and, like all biA
Majesty Francis Josoph's currency, is iDH
two languages. On ono side IL is AustrionS
and Oh the othof Hungarian, for thE5
benefit of the Maygars.
The bill was printed on q light coloredS Y
thick paper, hich showed mono of tho =
silk. fibre marks or gcomctric lines used III +
our own currency, us protection against
countcrfciting. But, like the Gorma,@
currency, each bill bears upon it terri
bic warning to counterfoiters, ,threatcn&
ing pcnitentiary confinement "to any onsI;
who shall make, sell or have in l,iS1If3
session any counterfeit or fac-s
this BILL" Tho engraving is
with angel heads and artistic ses
The lowest denomination in iEurfthidySifs
the one florin, worth about forty COM
of our money. The highest bill Is TIN
one thousand norin note. tgf'
The German currency is rather artistic. VI
The bills arc printed in green and black
upon paper lighter than our own gold
certificates, and about an inch wider!
They run in denominations from five
marks to 1000 marks. Their lator bills
are being printed on the sills-fiber paper.
Tho Norwegians have a curious cur.
rency, but it is rarely seen here, for thas
reason that it circulates very little among
the common people and the class that
comes here as immigrants. These stick
TO their copper and silver coins and shun
tho little cinnamon brown bills of their
Government, which arc about the size of
our old "shin-plasters.
The Chinese paper currency is in sed,
white and yellow paper, with gilt letter
tering and gorgeous little hand-drawn
devices. The bills, to tho ordinary
financicr, might pass for wash checks or
prayer papers in joss House, but they
are worth gopd money in the FiowefT
Kingdom. South American currency, in
most countries, is about the size and
general appearance of our own bills, ex4,
cept that cinnamon brown and slate blue i
are the prevailing colors, and the Span