Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-05-27
PRINTING OF BANKNoTEs.
Uncle Sans System Is Complete as
Man Can Make IT,

Uncle Sans System Is Complete as
Man Can Make IT,
The system Of checks employed ia
the engraving division Of the bureau
of engraving at Washington to prevent
irregularities is as complete as human
ingenuity can devise. Each die, roll
and plate has a number In sequence
stamped upon it, and by said number
it is recorded, Each employee receiv-
ing a piece Of steel to work on is
charged with the same by its number
and a description of the engraving to
be made thereon and is not allowed to
leave the building until the same has
been returned and checked into the
vaults. In the custodian's Office COM
plete records and the history Of 1S-
600 dies. 10000 rolls and $4,000 plates
are on file Once a year this Office is
audited and checked up by a commit
tee appointed by the secretary Of the
treasury, each piece of engraved work
being identified and compared with
the records Of the office. The system
tody of the work is so perfect that in
the history Of the bureau not a single
plate has gone astray. After the plate
is finally completed and approved a
proof is taken and filed away, and If il
should ever occur that a suspicious
bill is presented comparison with
the recorded proof will readily show
whether it is genuine or not and if
counterfeit the difference between the
genuine and spurious.
The busiest room in the bureau is
that devoted to plate printing The OPP
Grafton looks easy, but a great degree |
of skill is required to produce perfect
work, and plate printing is a trade in
itself The printer gives a receipt for !
the plate form. he receipts for every
sheet Of paper he receives. the press
registers every impression made and |
he cannot leave until he returns the |
plate and accounts for every sheet of |
paper
With every order to print 1000 !
sheets Of bills or stamps 1850 ,heets |
of paper are issued, as there is ne liza
bility of spelling sheets in the wetting.
printing or numbering After the |
sheets have been printed and dried |
they are carefully examined by trained |
experts, who separate all imperfect |
sheets, and the accuracy and speed |
with which they detect imperfections |
are not the least interesting part of |
money making" spot, a stain, a |
light or Uneven impression that would |
escape ordinary observation is detect |
ed and causes the sheet to be sent to |
the destruction committee, where it is /
destroyed with the same safeguards |
in the destruction of old. |
torn or mutilated currency.
The notes Of all national banks are |
alike as to the outline of the face, but |
the name. place and charter number of |
each bank are of course different, while |
the back of all national bank notes in |
any one state is alike, yet there is q |
back of each state in the |
1882 series of notes. The more recent |
designs issued by the bureau, known /
as the 1902 series, have comparative !
ly clear space on each side Of the cen
ter, such disposition being necessary
IN order to show clearly the silk fiber
mbedded in the distinctive paper
This is considered so important that
are obliged to conform their
york thereto, and the backs of this
cries are the same for every state.
Tor the fiscal year ended June 80, !
COS. the bureau printed 1863, 2S7,S05
ostage stamps, worth S139'426SlL
he stamps TO be printed during the
resent fiscal year will exceed those
rinted for the year 1908 by 1000- 4
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