Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-12
PRETTY AND SIMPLE.
G. NJ JOHNSON DESCRIBES FORTH
COMING CHANGES IN GREENBACKs.
C0LORS TO lid BANK TELLERS.
Che Counterfeiters VIII Be Baked
and Cashiers Made Happy by the
Very Marked improvements In the
New Designs.

Written by Claude NJ. johnson, Director
O. the United States Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing, for the Dis
pltch)
The new designs ordered by the Sec
t.,a-y OF the Treasury Will be used for
e. the greenback issues Of the govern
usnt-namely: 81, g. IS. So $50 $50 500.
81 and 1900. A 81 silver certificate will
b recognized from a 81 United States
note not only by the text of the bill, but
b. the color Of the seal and the number,
rh.ch are printed by the surface pro-
lumber on the United States note Will
4 red, the seal and the number on the
silver certificate blue, and the seal and
BE number on the Treasury note some
cher positive color, easily distinguisha-
De from either blue or red. This will
Enable the accounting officers Of the
Elyeument, as well as the banks, 10
fsclguize the character Of the note, al
though the general design will be the
me for all three, and when all, or
most, Of the paper money now in cir
pan. there viii be but nine designs,
whereas now we have twenty-seven.
believe that the people will become
So much more familiar with these nine |
designs than they are with the twenty
seven now IN circulation that the diff |
guilty Of successfully passing a counter
let viii be increased very materially. |
Tie design viii be more in accordance |
Nth the conventional American bank
notes than were the silver certificates |
Recently issued, but IL will DO the effort |
=. this bureau to make them as hand
me and artistic as possible under the
: rclms tauCes. 1t is the desire Of the
Treasury officials and the bankers Of the
country 90 have an expanse Of exposed
payer, plainly engraved text and large
lJlLter-llmber.
CLAUDE NJ. JOHNSON,
Director United States Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing.
ln those all-important but circum-
Fc.bel circles Of commercial life where
money is the chief commodity dealt H.
erl where those who handle II do so
hind locked steel doors and impregna-
he cage-w0rk barriers, the above state
: .lt regarding the new designs for panA
Ills will be especially welcome. In ex-
/
Iti0n the news will afford the legiu-
hate dealers IN money will be the UNI
happiness 10 will create among those VINO
,npt fate BY counterfeiting Uncle Sans
currency. These are the objects at which
me treasury Department officials have
zen aiming, and they have SUCCEEDED
VEIL for every one who has seen the
sns Tor the new bills declares that for
implicitly and uniformity they are SUI
.-H.r 90 anything hitherto turned out
.y The Bureau Of Engraving. ,
D-snmng with the small and humple
I note which Will be the denomination
A.s' familiar 70 the majority OF the peo-
-s' ms VIII be IN appearance one OF 2
is most patriotic OF bills. In the fore =
'th1 VIII perch the American eagle, a h
"- whose widespread wings are well
me sight 20 every patriotic American
wen az any time. and will be espe- Z
A.y so when seen on the new 81 bill. e
me background Is the dome OF tho
i.''i and over all floats the Stars ana Y
-ItN The design is an exceedingly
Ivy as wei as a patriotic one q
-L- design for the 81 bill has not yet n
70 quite completed, but this much is II
-,"A that the most conspicuous part
j VIII be a portrait OF George Wash 81
.t''A 10 the lower centre. Supporting
I portrait OF the Father OF His Coun- Z
, VIII be two partially draped figures /
a reclining attitude. This design IS a
unlike that OF the 81 silver certificate II
oW IN use.
-le idea Of the Treasury officials having :
- 10 reduce the twenty-seyen designs q
present In circulation, consisting OF
1.19aeG5, Sherman notes, and silver o.
.-ates. 70 as few designs as possible, y
o'Hple expedient has been resorted =
VI making all bills Of one particular
'ilin'tion alike, and making the diff
'--s between the one and two-dollar
- marked as possible, and the diff
-le between the five and ten-dollar
ana The other denominations so plain
~ uhe design alone will enable any
handling money 10 recognize the
utiny
-P Tor the benefit OF bank clerks ~
o.hers who have to handle large 49,
" money In bills, another distinc-
u'lerence Will be made. which viii VI
~ helpiul 70 them as to make the Fpr
oHng or few million dollars even "a,
% pleasure than Il has been here AZ
re- The distinction viii be In the IA
p VI me seal, and IN the marked color
vi one Of the large figures. The
- nave been chosen. On the United fu'
- note OF the denomination os one TH
az me seal VIII be red. on the sill
N,'l.ucate blue, while for the Trea-