Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-06-03
PRINTING OF 'BANkNo1Es
Uncle Sans System Is complet. =.
Man Can Make II.

Uncle Sans System Is complet.
Man Can Make It.
The system Of checks EMPLOYED j..
the engraving division of the bnroo,,
Of engraving at Washington to nrevon.
irregularities is as complete as human
ingenuity can devise. Each die rou
and plate has a number in seoueno,
stamped upon it, and by said nrnhor
it is recorded. Each employee receip.
ing a piece Of steel to work ON !,
charged with the same by its nurober
and a description of the engraving to
be made thereon and is not allowed IN
leave the building until the same has
been returned and checked into tbo
vaults. In the %custodian's Office com
plete records and the history of 1S.
600 dies, $4,000 rolls and $1,000 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 worl
being identified and compared with
the records of the office. The system
OF. checks and rules governing the ems.
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 Q
proof is taken and filed away, and if If
should ever occur that a suspicious
bill is presented a 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 on.
Grafton looks easy, but a great degree
OF skill Is required to produce perfect
work, and plate printing is q trade in
itself. The printer gives a receipt for
the plate form, be receipts for every
sheet Of paper he receives, the press
registers every impression made, and
he cannot leave until be returns the
plate and accounts for every sheet of
paper.
With every order to print 1000
sheets Of bills OF stamps 1860 sheets
OF paper are issued. as there is the La
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 imperfecdons
are not the least interesting part of
money making" a 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
employed 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 a
distinctive back Of each state il the
1852 series Of notes. The more recent
designs issued by the bureau. known
as the 1902 series, have q comparative
" clear space on each side Of the cen
ter, such disposition being necessary.
in order TO show clearly the silk aber
imbedded in the distinctive paper.
This is considered so important that
designers are obliged to conform their
work thereto, and the backs of this
C0rinS 0rl tho ~. +@o - --1-o
For the fiscal year ended June 80,
1908, the bureau printed 7.569.2S7,so5
postage stamps. worth S139. 426,S11.
The stamps to be printed during the
present fiscal year will exceed those
printed for the year 1908 by 1000
Q0o,000.-American Institute of Bank