Evening journal., 1893-02-21
COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY.
Specialist Waxam Tells How He Dis
tinguishes a Good Bank Note.

Specialist Waxam Tells How He Dis
tinguishes a Good Bank Note.
G. H. Waxam, Of Washington d. c.,
large man Of fine physique lectured to
an audience that completely filed the
lecture hall of Goldey Wilmington Com
mercial College yesterday afternoon. He
has had a lifelong experience in the
detection Of counterfeit currency, in the
employ If the government and can tell
bad bank note the minute he sees it.
Some of his remarks were as follows:
''The first thing to do in the detection of
counterfeit money is TO compare with the
government engravings. These have
been procured at an expense Of over
81 900, 600, so that they can never be
made fac simile Of A machine that
has cost this government over S150000
and which has been patented against any
civilized nation in the world, makes lines
that are fifty times finer than a hair, in
fact many times finer than any human
hand can initiate.
Because they know so little about
how bank note is engraved is why the
average business man of America cannot
detect counterfeit bank note. The
dots in the high lights of the face are
hundred times finer than those near the
hair. Time and time again. in making
an engraving, the engraving departments
have made slight errors, AHA this de-
stroys the entire engraving and all has
to be gone over again until, days and
days afterward, PEI feet engraving is
obtained.
"It would be unnecessary to have
engravings made but for the fact that
the dyes wear out and it is impossible to
produce the same dye again. Now char.
coal Is a substance that never ears out,
weakens or grows dim.
Every bank note that you use is made
of two sheets put together with the ad-
hesive material identical ito that used on
postage stamps.
Now a counterfeiter Tengraves his
note on one sheet of copper, pewter OF
wood. Copper is the highest order OF
material used in counterfeit ing and
notes made by its use approximate near
est to the genuine. 1t is not the count
erfeit notes, however that we want tC
study, it is the genuine. Now If you
wanted to forever distinguish me from
everybody else you would not study
every body else's features; you would
study mine. The same as to bad banl
notes.
Nnh A1AA my hoA hoAD AARA BR0N
one by the face; not by one feature II
every detail does a counterfeiter fail Z,
produce a complete face. He makes
perfect botch job Of this. Then il is th'
face that is our safe guard. Proficiency
in any art or line of work is the result
Of practical experience. Whenever
you look at any picture. first think oi
how It would appear in human nature.
Every bank note issued by the gov
eminent is printed with a special inl
made from charcoal aud a preparation o
oils Every note that comes from
counterfeiter Is printed with ordinar!
printers ink
Now the secret in being successful
in your detection of a bad bank note-il
which art you will make yourself in
valuable to an employers for you T.
become perfectly familiar with the en-
craving Of the genuine bank note s.
, that either under the magnifying glas
, or with the naked eye While l cal
teach you this, you must learn it your
I self and do so by careful study"
He illustrated his lecture by passing
around counterfeits aud showil can
celed engravings Of genuine bills. Profes
sor Goldey will try to arrange with MI
WaxRm to give lecture some evening
in the near future to the business memo
Wilmington.