The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21

|feiters are suficientiy clever to repro
duce the seal by engraving processes.
When this latter method II used the
only way to detect It IL by compart-
SON with seal engraved on q note
known to be genuine. But q man. need
never lose himself In these tntricacies
OF engraving: there are always the silk
thread woven In the paper - an infai-
lfbie guide.
when It comes TO small coined cur
rency there u more difnculty In de-
tecting bad money. The usual method
ID to ring coin Now that n thing
I never think OF doing. While me
greatest care 10 exercised In the varf-
Gus minis to: prevent the issuance OF
improperly coined money. yet imper-
feet pieces will slip through. A gem
uine piece Of money may sound like q
piece OF lead II II happens to have q
blister in IT, On the other hand. q
counterfeit coin struck from piece Of
brass will ring 30 as to fool any but
an expert The latter knows that brass
has q much sharper ring than silver.
There IL also certain appearance
about q genuine coin which the plated
spurious coin never has. It 10 - deep
solid luster which can instantly Be ap-
preciated the moment . solid place Of
silver 10 put, sbesIde D piece OF plated
The plated stun has q Hash. that Is as
different from real silver as tinseI ID
from gold.
when tho coins have been struck
from brass and silver plated II IL easy
to see the deception by rubbing the
coin between the dngers. because sill
yer deposited IN an electric bath has
not the sharp feeling that surfaces Of
minted coin have.
Weight 0lve-Away.
by far the greater part OF tho spu-
rious coin IL cast from plaster OF paris
molds Occasionally these coins are
made Of solid silver. The only way to
detect these II by weight. AZ nodded
COIN though, II may be of the exact
thickness OF the genuine minted coin,
is never OF the same weight. The
minting process, Of stamping coins out
Eof silver sheets requires the pressure
compressesl the metal and gives 1t more
weiEht TO the same bulk.
AS most counterfeiters hide them
| selves in tenements. and In order "a
cover their tracks. make frequent
| shifts OF residence. II can easily be
seen that q heavy and complicated
stamping press could not be part OF
their outft. although once caught q
man with a two-ton drop press in his
cShet anu As-Vv-p Ouuu tbCfeWf press IN
the bedroom Of HIS tenement. His de-
Tense was that put up job on him.
| The Judge remarked that anynnan who
could have such ponderous machinery
spirited into his home needed q guar
dian and should be sent to jail for his
own protection
| VERY few are the counterfeiters who
use real silver. In this process the
cost is 80 cents. approximately, per
coined dollar. The usual alloy Of an.
timony and other metals Ii so cheap
that 5000 face value OF spurious coin
costs about 30, The counterfeiter.s
ehfef difficulty Is 10 get his product on
the market, and he does not care how
long II keeps its sefnblance to the gem
utne currency. The counterfeiter sells
II, as rule, for 20 cents on the doll
lar. The first transaction is usually
made with men who merely act as go
betweens- The showers or men who
put Il In actual circuaition, pay. as nj n
as 40 cents on the dollar. The sflyks
coating sometimes wears OF within
forty eight hours. but as the counter
feiter has already made his profit THIS
Is no concern OF his I"