Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-16
LITTLE BAD COIN.
Counterfeiting Yearly Becomes
More Precarious.
Difficulty Experienced in Passing Bills
Of Large Denominations


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Washington, Feb. 15.-(Specia).-
f Wilkie chief of the secret service diyi
sinn Of tho treasury tiepartmcnt. saws thai
the circulation of counterfeit money ia be
inc made more difficult every wear. but
Notwithstanding the efforts of the trained
detectives and the nunishment which I,
inflicted upon those who manufacture
and c,rcu,ato ,hoons ,ponev n stall con
times TO n greater or less extent, The
counterfe,ters do not operate so much
With tho h;v hills now on account Of tbs
d;fiicuItv in messing them They madt
on;to q s,ccess ahon1 a year a0o with a1M
silver certificates hit when n was known
That counterfe;ts wore ont the vovernment
Immediately called in the issue of that
particular series. Out Of the $s2, 600, O0(
which has been called in and Cancelled Al
500 counterfeits have been found. 1t IL
supposed that number of these may yet
be in circulation in some of the country
districts or In some of the smaller banks.
The ~ silver certificate is the favorite OF
the connterfeitcrs, and more bogus money
has been put out of that denomination
than of any other. The fact that the bill
has much more on its face than Others
and that it is more profitable to circulate
makes it an advantage in the eyes OF
counterfeiters over the 81 bills and over
the next higher denomination of IS. Chief
Wilkie calls attention to erroneous i'm
pressions that prevail throughout the
country that the manufacture of paper
with fiber is secret. Nearly all the
counterfeit bills that are put in circulation
contain this fiber There are two ways OF
putting II in-one by pasting two very
thin sheets Of paper together with the fiber
between and another by .boomerangin9'
it in with curved needle. The govern.
ment makes it crime to manufacture or
have in possession the fiber paper. That
Is all the secret there Is about it.
Cosnterfeit Coias.
No successful method Of handling coun.
terfeit silver has yet been devised, and
consequently there is very little Of it. 1t
has been said that owing to the fact that
the bullion price Of silver is SO low it is
an easy matter to coin silver dollars and
circulate them in such way as not to he
detected. This is not true, as silver can.
not be nodded. and the coin must be
struck with die, which makes it very ex
pensive, because the die in the first place
must be engraved, and it then takes y
large plant to operate it. Such an estab
lishment could hardly escape detection
Most of the counterfeit coin has been made
of base metal which can BIZ melted and
nodded and is generally quite easily de.
tected. OF the SEQ 600 in coin captured
last year only about $3.50 was in genuine
silver. The Italians from Sicily are those
who most gene@ally engage in counterfeit
ing, and wherever there is a COLONY OF
them the secret service men generally keen
q pretty close watch. The manufacture
Of counterfeit pennies 10 usually carried
on by Greeks. Last year 80, 600 counter
felt pennies were collected in New York
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selection for that state nils ara now
pending for military marks Mt three diMer.
ent places in Virginia. NOD |
ericksburp and Apnomattov Ths claim,
of the latter place is that IL WAS the scene
of the close of the war Frederickshnro
claims a mark because two battles ono 81 |
great moment. were fought at that c;tv
while Petersburg wants a nark made ot
1.-THE Crater where the underoronndi
mines made such havoc. More than this
it is claimed that Petersburg was re.Ilv /
the last great stand of the south. and it, /
resistance to the army of General Grant
made it possible for the Confetieracv to i
survive as long as it did some objection
has been made to Appomattox being made |
a national military park, because it is mot
. battlefield, like those Of Chickamauea.
and other places where the
genius of commanders and the valor Of the
troops on both sides rptlountled to the