Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-16

placing the little red seal upon the race OF
each note, without which all the previous
labor would be fruisess. This IL the finale,
and the promises 10 pay are put up In
packages OF one hundred each, ana are
now ready to 10 hence upon their mission
as government currency.
As an interesting point TO be mace
prominent. Il should be here stated that
from first 10 last, the paper. as blank
sheets, and after The printing has begun,
IS counted rs IL passes from hand 20 hand.
Beginning at the mandatory, IL Is count
ed seven times before delivery 20 the SUI
perintendent. and, after II reaches the de-
partment II is never passed from
one branch TO another without being ac-
curately accounted for, aud after Its re-
ception at the bureau, II is counted IN
and out Of the wetting-room, wetting
tanks, and from division TO division,
when examined. when 1t goes TO the print
CT, when It comes from his press. and AT
every stage through It's tortuous way
back TO the Treasury Department ana
into the cashiers vaults.
MUTILATED CURRENCY.
Just across tho hall from the Division
OF Issues is the Redemption Division,
where all the old money in the country
is sent for redemption. II is received here
in every shape and form, sent from the
sub-treasuries. banks. &c. 1t IS then put
into the hands Of expert counters, who
subject II TO critical examination. La
dies do the counting and each counter IS
held responsible for the detection Of the
occasional counterfelts that slips in, under
less experienced eyes. The amount OF
counterfeits detected each year aggregate
between 1900 and 5000. They are also
responsible for losses from the packages
after they receive them. II a counterfeit
is passed by one Of these counters through
an oversight or mistake. the counter sus-
tains the loss, when discovered by the
detective division This is what is called
the first count. The counter then takes
her money to n cancelling machine, and
has four holes punched through each pack
age. Then II IS delivered TO a teller. who
&gns her day-book, and she IS relieved OF
the package, but not Of responsibility.
This same money then goes down TO the
cutting table, where It IS cut into halves.
The upper half goes TO tho Register
Office; the lower half 70 the Secretary's
office, where II IL recounted by expert
counters, to detect any mistakes that
may have occurred by the first count,
and II no mistakes are found, then the
counter IS relieved OF all responsibility.
II is now ready for the macerator. from
which It energies as pulp, and much OF
this pulp develops into various forms,
ornamental and otherwise, that one finds
on the shelves Of the dealers in souvenirs.
The rest is disposed Of at about $40
ton-about what It costs to macerate it.
THE NEW CERTIFICATES.
The prevailing present custom in the
preparation OF many plates Is TO include
a. vlgnette, selecting the portrait OF some
one deceased who in life was distin-
guished either as a military or a civilian
leader. The new series now being per-
fected at the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing viii be designed upon different
plan. portraits upon the face Of the notes
being abandoned. The new silver certih-
cate for one dollar bears upon its face
as a centrepiece a bird's-eye view Of the
city OF Washington, with the Capitol and
Washington monument prominent; on the
border the figures Of a woman reclining.
and a small boy standing at her side,
representing the instruction Of youth in
history. An open volume, containing in
very small type a portion OF the Federal
Constitution, also appears.
The $ silver certificate will bear an
emblem representing America, and on
the back portraits of Grant and Sheridan.
The SO denomination will represent
agriculture, by means OF two rustics re-
turning from the harvest. The s. bill
Will e-cmplify science, presenting steam
ard electricity 10 commerce and manu-
faCtuTe.
The series IS one OF great beauty and
Will be popular. The 81 note was de-
signed by W. II. Low, Of New York; the
Sc ones by Edwin II. Beashheld, Of New
York; and the $ and $40 bills by Walter
Shirand, of New York.
The designs for the backs Of all these
were executed by that well-known artist,
Mr.. Thomas +, Morris. Of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing.