The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-02-17
Detecting
Counterfeits
QUEER SLIPS MADE BY
DRGERS OF BANK NOTES
Jeffsrsoa's Eye Gone, William VIM
dom's Lip Swollen, Nesstsr's Nose
Flatenea, Grant Deprived Of His
Shirt Stud and Justice Afflicted
With Club Feet =. .:, -

With Club Feet. - 81 =
.@oH, ONT take any bad money
1 while you're QUITS advice
e s harder for the New Yorker
a ~ ) to follow than for any else
:. Ho~ in this country.
- According to tales published in the
current "Dickerman's Z. s. Treasury
Uounterfeit Detectov' there are thir-
teen different kinds Of counterfeit
bank notes OF this State. ranging in
denomination from 81 to $100, to say
nothing of the phony gold coins and
small change. The bank officials of
Massachusetts. which comes second
on the list. only have to keep theil
eyes peeled for ten different kinds OF
native counterfeit bills.
I Unless a mans an expert, he would
eRaye to carry 4 small! chemical Ia
boratory, a pocket tool chest, and 4
eomplete collection of United States
currency, inde1ed for immediate re-
ference, if he would be absolutely safe
against bad money.
It would embarrasS some folks, how
ever, to hold up the box Office line
while they droppedacidon on their change
aud counted the hairs on the buffalo
in the five-dollar bills. The only pro-
teotion afforded such people is that
derived from a hasty glance at the
color of the note and the workman
Ship on the portrait.
y Judging from the descriptions of
counterfeit United States and Treas
ury notes given in "Dickerman' De-
tector" the most genera! defects are
ia the portraits Watch out for the
evil eye. bad complexions, tousled hair
and the shape Of the nose; if you do it
may save you money.
\ For example, if a two-dollar bill on
(which jefferson has only one eye is
offered to a man, he shouldn't take it.
Neither should he accept bill upon
which a white !streak runs across the
iris of each Of MePherson's eyes.
i If McPhersonis hair and beard
haven't been carefully brushed, or if
he has staring look. and the head
appears fat have nothing to do with
tim. And above all things shun him
it. he has many. white spots on his
face"
! Now for the:ten doilar-note. Be on
your guard against Gen. Sheridan un-
der these conditions: When his face
has moth-eaten appearance" when
his right eye and mustache are hard
iy visible" when his muStache and
chin whiskers appear smoothly
brushed (they should be struggling
aud bushy): and hast but not Least.
when the right end of his forehead
and right cheek is mass of white
patches"
Daniel Webster should be avoided
On ten-doliar billsswhen his nose is fat
In twenty dollar bills Keep an eye on
Alexander Hamilton. If his nose,
instead of being round on the end, is
Brought to sharp point" and if 'his
chin, instead of being double, is
square," he is an mpostor.
The man who takes bill with the
line of Benjamin Franklin's mouth and
the opening 6f Lis ear too pronounced.
may be out fifty dollars. He may find
consolation, however, in the fact that
indistinct tail feathers on an American
eagle might have cost him hundred.
If Admiral Farragut has too long a
nose and his upper lip protrudes. that's
also sign that huudred-ioliar bill
is bad.
: AS might be expected in counter
felt. the figure of Justice in the $500
kind is somewhat out of piumb. The
scale she holds aloft is. very appro-
priately, slightly crooked.
In addition to this she is club
footed, and her toes are too short. If
further proof were needed. it may be
found in the indistinctness Of the lobe
of J. Q. Adams ear.
| In the silver certificates even Mar
tha WaShington's complexion doesn't
escape the hands of the spoiler. She
receives mention among the one-dollar
counterfeitS as having white patches
Oh forehead and face
On two-dollar silver certificates it is
well to make sure that Gen. Han
cocks hair and muStache are smoothly
brushed, for one counterfeiter has
mussed them badly. Also be wary Of
William Window. especially if his up
per lip appears little swollen" or if
luis cheeks appear Sunken and his
chin out Of proportion
Gen. Grant is chief sufferer in coun-
terfeit tiTe-dollar silver certificates. In
one case two white patches appear
on his lower lip, near left corner Of
mouth" In other instances ''he looks
pock-markeG' and "has a moth eaten
appearance" One counterfeiter seems
to have had all the instincts of a COM
mon thief. for in his production the
s'stud on Gen. Grants shirt front is
missing"
Ten-dollar silver certificates are dan
gerous when Hendricks lacks a right
eye.
j. On the twenties look out for Man
ming. Don't let the left side of his
face press against the background too
closely. and above all things see that
his mustache is nicely curled. One
bungler has sadly bedraggled it,
i In the only described counterfeit of
bne-hundred dollar certificates Monroe
is the victim. His left cheek bone is
missing. and this, as might be sup
posed. gives his face "a different ex-
preston"
OF course. the portraits on some