Wichita eagle., 1890-03-14
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

| Mr.. Cohen, representing Dickerman'.
United States treasury counterfeit de
tector, has been in the city for severa
days calling upon the banks and larg,
business houses for the purpose of eniight
ening them upon the late issues of eoun
| terfeitI. During an interview Mr.. Coher
showed SOME very clevery executed coun.
| terfeits which would defy experts provided
| they were not branded as the law directs
| The law requires that all counterfeit
money shall be plainly branded as such
and thus it is criminal to carry it other
wise
The latest and most dangerous counter
felt is a silver dollar bearing dates
1oS7, 1878 and 1883. 1t is a trifie
larger than the genuine and somewhat
lighter has a good ring. and in other par
ticulars is an exact counterfeit of the gen
uine. This dollar was originally made in
yandotte, Kan, anC naturally this sec
tion of the country is flooded with them.
The latest gold counterfeit is a $40 piece
bearing the date OF 1884. 1t is light in
weight and color The milling and read
ing are quite perfect.
Considering the premium on gold dol
bearing the date of 1860 1t is IA shade
large, stands the acid test, being made of
silver and heavily gold plated; the die is
fair one. The weight Of the counterfeit is
Is grains, while the real is % grains;
fneness, 900. The scarcity of gold dollars
arises from the demand by ladies as ban
giles.
The most dangerous gold counterfeit,
however, is the So gold piece dated 1s6S. 1t
made of platinum and heavily gold plated
deceiying any coin scale. Its defects are
in its diameter being trifle large and can
only be told with certainty after it is
worn.
The latest in bills is SIS United States
note, Jackson portrait; made its appear
ance in New York last January. 1t is a
wood cut and the work of Italians and not
considered very dangerous to those who
are accustomed to handling money.
Probably the most dangerous note is the
$40 United States note, Webster portrait;
which has large circulation. This is
the note which created so much excite
ment about year ago and is still passed
by the showers. The defects are in the pa
per, portrait poor and figuring clumsy,
Another very dangerous note is the s.
silver certificate, check letter "a" Gen.
Grant portrait. The only way the general
public can detect this note is in the
absence of the silk thread on the paper.
The numbering and seal are good, and has
a large circulation. The plate for this
note was made by man named Johnson
in New York state A similar counterfeit
is the check letter ID of the same series but
is not considered so dangerous. This plate
was made in Paris for Italian counterfeit
ers in New York. The most noticeable
defect is in the portrait of General Grant,
which lacks the life like expression of the
genuine. The notes of twelve states have
so far been counterfeited and thus far
none Of these states are west of the Mis-
sissipDi river. The different series of
will number about forty. fives
Of different banks and sixty of other de-
nominations of national bank notes. The
United States treasury notes
bear dates from 1862 to 1880, running from |
LOO to $1,000, some being very danger
JUS, especially the larger denominations. |
The raised notes are finding their way |
west, and those raised from s. to SO are |
considered the most dangerous This is !
lone by FASTING the figure ten over the /
i've in some places and destroying it in |
others.
Amongst the curiosities are 81 raised /
o $50 that will defy many experts eX-
,ept the portrait is that of "A 81 note; |
mother being a $50 United States note |
made by pen and ink, and the most re
part of it is that the maker |
lalms he can turn out three day.