The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-10
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1892.

There is only funnel into which molten
metal is to be poured. This Is supposed to
open into the space the thickness Of the al
legged coin between the two dies when the
machine Is closed.
1t does not, however. Instead, the metal
runs off into the hollow under the die; yes,
when the machine is opened by the seller,
the probable purchaser finds the proper
coin just where il should be.
He runs to the bank with 1t, finds that IL
is good, pays $500 or $1,000 for the little
toy, and shortly after gives himself away
completely by complaining OF fraud.
There is also q collection OF tools, dies aud
an alleged printing press. There should be,
l think. grave doubts about the authentic
ity of the latter. could find no one who
was able to make any part Of 1t move.
A clockwork dynamite machine which
was discovered in the hold OF a vessel a
while ago, Is another piece of secret service
bric-a-brac. The most interesting Of all is
little gas generator and stove, which
would go into a moderate-stzed hand bag.
and was yet large enough and complete
enough TO emit the hottest flame on record.
This enabled its owner TO work success
fully and safely for long time
It takes an exceedingly hot fire to coin
money, and usually the plant is bulky, but
this man was able to do MS work in q sum-
mer hotel bedroom.
1t will be remem bered that there has been
trouble over 50 bills bearing the Hancock
head ever since September, 1890. 1t was In
that month that one of the counters in the
redemption division threw out a note for
after consideration,
The fingers Of these women become so
sensitive 10 the feeling OF the government
paper that they throw out instinctively
every bill which does not feel right. Such
rejected notes are afterward closely OK
kk.k - liz, h.,
This was 50 note with the check letter A,
Treasurer Jordan's signature and a large
seal Shortly after people were told to look
out for all 80 bills of this description which
should lack dot over the 81" in ''Register
of the Treasury" and period at the end.
The general public is not able to tell the
difference IN the paper. and does not carry
microscope about with 1t to look for min
ute defects In engraving, therefore il has to
be given something distinctive, when pos
sible, which 1t can see.
say "when possible" advisedly, for as
soon as the counterfeiters learned ot this
official bulletin, they proceeded to get out
another issue. with this error corrected. 1t
was still SO note with Hancock's head and
Jordan's signature.
The seal, too, was large and of the proper
shade to belong TO the check letter B.
Presumably. the only change was in the
check-letters. Again dett fingers detected
the difference In paper, but this time the
most noticeable mechanical defect was
microscopical.
Each corner Of the note, it will be re-
membered, Is embellished with a figure 9,
but it is not generally known that each
figure Dis in its turn adorned with sew
eral printed "twos" in microsoopical letters.
In the counterfeit the engrRver had some
of the minute words backward, so that
they read 'ovt" The public was warned
of this.
Again the counterfeiter went patiently to
work. His next effort differed from its
predecessor In bearing the check letter c.
and its accom- panying small SEAL The mi
oroscoplcal words were fixed by blurring
the 1T" and the 'sn so that only the IVY
was plain, and IL took strong glass to
show this defect, but 1t bore the name Of
Treasurer Jordan.
Another warning was followed by another
change. This time the name OF Treasurer
Jordan had to be changed to Hyatt, and
the tail of the could not be wholly elimi-
mated from the margin witout risking the
total destruction OF the valuable plate, so
the counterfeiters left 1t in, and now we
have a brand new variety of SO note.