Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
FRESH PAPER MONEY,
Bills Hard to Counterfeit viii Soon be
Ready for Use.

WAsHrssToS, March Is --''Grssptscxs
s. q .sbo. YIN fur ptpsr uoseY bss come
nssF oti rendered missioner The
proposition hss hesn seriously considered
sy the tssssu-y duii'g the last few DAYS +,
msks lie rrvsrss ~ every note snd silver
csrss6e ,Se issusd b. the government SKY
D u
IL fact copies Of the designs were
prtp,.8 il ihst calor and submitted 10 show
~hsf KEY w,Rsd look Ike. Unforunstely
fer she yiso, the tint ssg sests d Confederate
sbinplssfeIs 10 sons body sna that settled
i,
Acec,drsli. the C ln- ~ill -e, be site,sd :
bot b. s,se OH the back cf every oae of
Utelc Sans wills IS 10 be promptly
charGsd. excepting Only the new 50 silver
csfsi,-tes.
Tressurv notes IS we'll as silver certif-
Gates aIe sli TO assume q novel aspect on
the reverse de. The patterns are CON-
plttsd sd hsvs been fic!Aliy srpiosed.
b. April the engraved Plates will be
ready 10 print from, snc three months Ia
Ter the flesh money will be 10 the
pockets Of the people.
These cnspges are made chs fy 10 orae,
that the designs may chow plainly the be nds
the rev distinctive pspar.
This psper is made GO that the fbres only
show on TIE bsck If ed Oh bill, heirg con-
t,ined 10 the euser layer Of is substance on
u side as the sheets come from the mill.
Unllchily, sli the cid style notes and
cerutics:es are 80 covered wi h engraving
bell d tbst ihers lie no CHARGE for exhibit
Ing the pr cuisrity which Cong ess has de-
L IA y a. o.
ta-e.
Accordingly, it vas fund necessary to
make an entire v FRI sh set Of plates, which
hiss occupied the srdorous sstento of III,
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing for some
months past.
Incidentally it WAS thought to make the
rev pattern more highly ornamental, and
he stc,et service declares that they will
nlsse counterfeitirg more dtficalt. No
TWO of the n sIe at sill alike.
Furthermore NJ portion Of design is r. =
p ated en- The sam hill, as used TO be he
case when lhe skiiltuI imiisto, cou ccpy
one smsii bit and by simply multiplying l.
III transfer press or small battery re-
produce large part Of note.
The engraving is more open. Instead Of
covering the backs of Us new notes and
certificates riih maze of engraving 100
elaborate for the eye 10 follow, Chief En-
eraver Cssilsar has made the designs as
open as possible, the While background Of
the paper showing the pattern ia such cor
50 cuous relief SIS to render any error OF the
C, lferfeitsr readily dat cted.
NJ such exquisite ard complicated o.
meiriesl lathe work as sIpesrs on Ihsse
bills ~ss ,vet seen before. II is the one
thil " hich tie forger csuro4 successful
ly irnltste
To produce tirge "but;oL" Of it
mesnlng bit Of lracerv, circular. oval OF
osherSlse shaped, complete in itself
Sometimes r, Qulces two or three days Of
Preliminary figuring merely to compose
the msthema zeal formula
Even with this formula ct hard the cr.u =
mai engrsver could not set the machine 90
IS 10 copy the cure.
Az admirable example Ct this sort o.
work will BE- foul in The ew $40 silver
certificate when it 5 is.utd In the mid
Ole If the back is beautiful piece of
lathe engraving, which looks like one Of
the dissol'iDg ks!eido' c ps patterns throeh
BY tie mssIc ltrtern upon Hhtte sheet
But he musJ esqulsiIe sill tie deslsns
il q trtasury Lote ior $1,000, which has
" he lhat is marvel of decorative &c
trIcscy.
Ia coilsbcrs ion with the lsthe worker,
The Ell graver Of letters and the o-rsmen'sl
er g,s7er havs expended their best skill
npou these new bus.
Each is separate branch Of the profet-
sioa, Which has been SO highly specialized
hist msn who can do more thsn one OF
div m veil ia very rare.
TIE making # sm.ll, sure ard perfect!
pain letter. 5 one u the most difficult &C
cvmplI.hme
In the designs for the treasury notes
Il .wers are inside to play an imp rtsnt psrt,
Ouncnes of uger lilies aud other blossoms
being 80 combined with .he scroll work j;
tue corners as to AFFORD u well Ligh hopsless
issk 10 auyop Who mAv Try to copy them
Another novel fea,ure which appears 10
every oLa # b psrterbs is 10 be remarked
in the cen picucus white figures Represent.
isg ihe examination in each corner, so
that he MOS ep can be c5un'ed over with
NE utmost Ted ness. r. baL K clerks t1is
~il be i bses,irg.
Some OF the Corners Of the pictures are
sQuare, Y hle Others are rout d, and IN every
way it has been III q t. make So much
vsriety snrng item 50 pnasihis.