The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

The new designs ordered by the secre-
faTy OF the treasury will be used for al
the greenoack issues OF the government ,
and Sl,eW. 81 silver certificate VIII be
oistins.ished from 81 United states note
not Only by the text OF the bill. but oy
which are printed by the surface pro-
cess. For instance. the seal and the
number on the United States note VIII
&c red, but the seal and the number ON
the silver certificate blue, and the seal
and the number ON the treasury note
some other positive color. easily dist1n-
guishable from either blue or red. This
government. as we'll as the banks. 10 rec
ognize the character of the note. al
though the general design viii De the
same for all three, and when all. or most
of the paper money now in circulation,
is retired and placed under this plan,
there will he 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 dim-
Guilty OF successfully passing counter
felt will be increased very materially
The design will be more In accordance
with the conventional American BANK
notes than were the silver ceriihcates re-
Gently issued, but it win be the enort OF
this bureau to make them as handsome
and artistic as possible under the CIR
cumstances. 1t is the desire OF the treas
ury officials and the bankers or the coun-
try to have an expanse OF exposed paper,
a plainly engraved text, ana large coun-'
- CLAUDE NJ. JOHNSON,
Director United States Bureau OF En-
craving and Printing A
In those alI-important but circumscribed
circles of commercial. life where money
is the chief commodity dealt In, and where
those who handle it do so behind locked
steel doors and impregnable cage-work
barriers, the above statement regarding
the new designs for bank bills viii be es-
pecially welcome In exact proportion TO
the amount of qualification the news will
afford the legitimate dealers in money
will be the unhappiness it will create
among those who tempt fate by coun-
terfeiting Uncle Sans currency. These
are the objects at which the treasury de-
partment officials have been aiming. and
they have succeeded well, for every one
who has seen the designs for the new bills
declares that for simplicity and uniform
ity they are superior to anything hither-
to turned out by the bureau of engraving.
Beginning with the small and humble one
dollar note which will be the denomina-
tion most familiar to the majority or the
people, this will be in appearance one Of
the most patriotic of bills. In the fore
ground will perch the American eagle. a
bird whose widespread wings are well
come sight TO every patriotic American
citizen at any time. and will be especially
SO when seen on the new. one dollar BILL
In the background Is the dome of the capt.
toll and over all floats the stars and
stripes. The design is an exceedingly
pretty as well as patriotic one.
The DESIGN for the two dollar bill has not
vet been quite completed. but this much
is known, that the most conspicuous part
of Ii will be portrait OF George Washing
ton in the lower center. Supporting the
portrait of the father of his country will
be two partially draped figures IN re-
Ginning attitude This design is not un-
like that of the two dollar silver certificate
now In use.
The idea of the treasury officials having
been to reduce the twenty-seven designs
at present in circulation, consisting OF
greenbacks. Sherman notes aud silver GER
tiicates. TO as few designs as possible, the
simple expedient has been resorted TO OF
making all bills of one particular denomin-
alton alike, and making the difference be-
tween the enc and two dollar bill as mark
ed as possible. and the difference between
the FIVE and ten dollar bin and the other
denominations SO plain that the design
alone viii enable any one handling money
to recognize the various denominations
without further scrutiny.
But for the benefit OF bank clerks and
others who have TO handle large sums of
money In bills another distinctive differ
ence will be made which Will be so help
ful to them as to make the counting of
few million dollars even more of a pleas
ure than il has been heretofore. The dis
tjncfion will be in the color or the seal.
and In the marked coloring of one of the
large figures. The colors have been chos-
en-, ON the United States note of the