The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
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TIE mason for p-Sparins these new
6aSl slS for the paper currency Is SIN
piY that those which adoru the phE
now q circulation are not CONSIDERED
SATISFACTORY. A one Treasury ofhcla
said Tie other day: The pattern q
he present oae-dollar note wouldn
nske 8 decent newspaper cut \
e,gpIs q wears ago the Government
Bureau q Engraving decided thai
what the country really wanted was
artistic money. and il hired some Vel
known artists 10 execute designs lol
the various denominations Of ceTun
Gates and notes Il was 3 beautuu
idea. but somehow ii has not proved
success. These hiGh-ayt bills now Il
circulation. with their allegorical pic
lures and ornamental shields, wleajh;
and things. have excited nothing hu'
derision on the part of the public ant
most particularly disgust in banks an(
counting rooms. where their obscure
numbers have made them difficult Il
reckon.
a money note is a piece of worl
purely technical" said the Treasury
official above quoted. and the purpoSt
Of its design is as far as possible away
from an idea which an artist has II
mind when he sits down to make {;
pretty picture. One hangs a picture or
the wall. or it mas be suitable for 6
portfolio; the design Of a bill requirei
first Of all the quality Of enduring
wear with least possible injury. 1t has
10 pass through tie greasy hands If TIT
butcher. and across the sloppy counter
of the beer-seller: il i crumbled in The
pocket of the car conductor. and there
is no sort Of abuse that it is not Liable
10 undergo. Accordingly. every ele
meut IN the makeup of the pattern
ought TO have special reference To dur
ableneSs. The principal lettering SHOULD
be bold and black, SO as not TO he easily
obliterated. and a good strong partrai'
is ROT only hard 10 obscure. but is tht
best safeguard against counterfeiting.'
About 30 per crnt. OF the surface OF
the new bills on both sides will be lef'
blank-firstly, in order to show the
fbreS of the paper better. and. second
ly. designs more wildly and clearly
One trouble with the art notes j:
that their designs confuse the eye
making it more easily actually for &
counterfeit 10 pass. The paper money
about to be issued. on the other hand
is almost severely plain. An eagle witt
outspread wings is the principal olna
nent Of the face of the one-iollar silve
certificate, a portrait of Lincoln bein:
engraved underneath it, The figure
and the Treasury seal are in hligh
blue. and both seal and denominations
number will he of this color on all OF
the new certificates, so that the lattel
may be distinguishahle at a glanc,
from United States notes and banl
notes. The two-dollar certificate has
head of Washington.
The Treasury people say that thu
value of the portrait as a Safeguard
against counterfeiting lies in the fac
that we are all of us more familiar
jects in the world. We are accustomed
to recognize our friends. and very sOoI
we will become so we'll acquainted
with face on new bill as to motto,
the smallest alteration in its expires
sion. A steel engraved portrait canno
be perfectly initiated. and the differ
ence of line will produce chang
in the expression which any one will
perceive at a glance. The "art notes
have portraits on their backs, but thes
being printed in green are comparative
~ obscure, and the face of a bill. any
way, is the side usually examined
Experts admit that Il note can b
made handsomer by engraving it al
over, but they say that few seat
tered fragments Of design, very elaboi
ate, are most difficult to counterfeit
successfully. The new bills have CON
paratively simple patterns on thei
backs, but the geometrical lathe wor
used is at the same time very CON
pllcated in its traceries. so as almos
to defy imitation. All denominations
figures are made large and plain, esp(
cially at the corners of the face, so a
to render counting easy. In some O
the 'art notes" these all-important fig
ures are actually obscured in an al
tempt to make them decorative
The fibre paper will be retained i
the new bills. Notwithstanding objeC
tons made to it by some experts, VIII
urge that It is practically worthless a
a protection against counterfeiting.
was used long ago for a considerabl
time by the Government, but was dis
continued because the people VIII
owned the patent for it demanded a
eXorbitant royalty for the privilege O
employing it. In the issue of Unite
States notes of 1869 the ingeniou
scheme was originated of placing
band of colored fibres on the left han
side of the denominations under 81
and on the right hand side of the lars
or denominations, the object of this b,
ing to beat that enterprising gentl
man, Pete" Mccartney, who had d
veloped fad for washing the ink o
small pads and printing big ones q
the blanks thus obtained In this wa,
obviously. he could get the real Trea
ury paper. fibre and all, at a relativel
cheap rate.-Cor. Boston Transcript.
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