The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-13
MAKING Of
MONEY IS
REAL EASY

Inc Louisville CQprler-Jonrnal, II
speaking of spurious coin making
says:
Counterfeiting the most nefarodi
Of all criminal practices. is though
10 be on the increase
Just why $ not known. II is moi
because Uncle Sam isn't doing his
segel best 70 suppress II. for he Ger
tainiy is trying says the Portlant
Oregonian.
This evident from the increased
number OF arrests IN the last twt
years
Counterfeiting "eoin-sweating" ant
note raising are three Of the mos
bothersome crimes Uncle Sans Sc
cret service has 10 contend with, be
cause the work of the more expert
money makers is done so slyly anc
there are so many chances OF the
bogus coin ''passer" getting good
supply OF his worthless money on the
market before he is arrested
Uncle Sam, however. has the one
satisfaction of knowing that very few
counterfeiters make permanent es
capes. The business has a lure which
generally leads to its being followed
tAktlSlfCf1 OuNG IT fOA
that reason the dangers attached are
sreatr proberysattaoin shrdl
greater probably than in any other
criminal vocation A continuation oi
the work means sure arrest
The main trouble in counterfeiting
is to get a coin which viii look
genuine The next trouble is i'm pass
ing it. in the passing there is liable
- fss+ s,.t1@ ,,~sti Enn
" in the secret service getting a de-
scription of the rasser. Once the
proceedings 20 that.far the counter
feiter may as well consider himself
an inmate of one ~ the federal peni-
tentlaries.
The making OF the bogus gold and
silver coins is on the decrease, while
the manufacture or fraudulent bank
notes is increasing This may be be-
cause the great majority OF the no
torions expert connterfeiters OF metal
money are In Jail There are so many
different bank notes in existence that
counferfeiting of these can be done
more successfully than the making
OF silver or gold coins.
A c6sinterfeiter who used 10 get
from one TO three years now receives
from FIVE to twenty-five years The
increased penalty followed the consiu-
GRAFTON by congress at its last ses-
sion OF the necessity Of suppressing
counterfeiting.
Has Perfect Ring
Contrary to the common theory,
counterfeit money generally has a
perfect ringf Tho only counterfeit
money which does not ring is the
produce of the novice counterfeiter
who attempts to make coin OF lead.
An expert counterfeiter uses what is
zrnKn as habhit metal, which is a
combination of copper, tin and lead.
This can readily be melted and pour
sd into mold and it has clear ring
and readily takes the silver plate
polish which is applied TO all counter
felt coins to remove the dull appear
ance
TO make a bogus coin the counter (
'eiter builds a plaster of paris mod /
around a real coin, which is new am
clear. The babbit metal is poured in
his mold, the coin taken out. the
edges trimmed and 'reeded and the /
snin submitted to the polish. eenef-
ally by means of electricity. 1t Is 4
hen ready to pass The expert
.nasser selects a busy store or a I
3lace where young girls handle mon
" and ID many instances no trouble +
& experienced in getting rid Of their
money 1T may be several days be- +
ore the counterfeit money gets 10
me OF the banks. where it is detect :
ia. Then the secret service enters
md the connterfeiter has hard row /
D hoe He has no way Of telling
when his coin has been detected and
le cannot tell how long he can con /
.inue his passing without danger OF 4
icing caught
If he ii an expert he knows that +
lffrr he has passed his first batch Of
money he must leave the city imme-
lately, because the secret service 2
agents are SO expert that they can
sffentifnes identity the maker OF p
.oin by.athe way ii is made.
The government keeps careful tab
ID the aoings Of every counterfeiter {
Who is released from prison II a
ocalify is suddenly flooded witE I
,ogug money it generally takes but a 4
ew hours to have an old counterfeit X
II behind the bars OFTEN he will Il
;onfess his guiit II
The career Of the novice counter J
otter is always short lie generally q
,ets caught On his first attempt TO z
lasF bogus money. After serving his I
irgt term he becomes an amateur. ]
lis second term in Jail gives him i
he title OF professional and his third
erm puts him in the expert class I
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