The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-02-13
READY TO MAKE
THE NEW MONEY
A Complete Set Needed Under
The New Currency Law.
THE DESIGNS ALL PREPARED
Meet the Requirements OF the
Various lssges Provided
BY the Law.

Warrington, D. C.-The System pro-
Ticed b. the nes currency Law viii re-
euiEs new igsue Of paper Currency,
ard he artists Of the Bureau Of Print
Ing and Engraving, where the paper
money Il made, are already al work
preparing designs. 10 Official ap-
prevail has yet been given 70 the de-
Eignz. but the artistic merit Of those
already submitted has been applzUded
by officials of the Treasury Depart
nsnt II win probably be year be-
fore the new money win be required
for circulation. and this viii give
ample time u the eDgrayerg To pro
ouce the best workmanship possible, If
the designs are early passed upon. 1t
IL probable that the designs submitted
viii await the return of Secretary Nc
hdoo for his Official sanction.
The degigns contemplate three char
scterg u paper currency-the Federal
reserve note which ls 70 displace the
emergency currency. the issue Of
which wss extended z year By the new
currency Law; the Federal bank note.
for issue a. the circulation currency
Of the reserve banks, az the national
bank note IL now the circulation
medium Of national banks. and nation
al bank noteg 10 replace the circulation
Of national banks that DO not cancel
their present circulation and that take
advantage Of al or part Of the 20-year
period for the retirement Of all nation
al circulation.
The notes are 10 be made in value Of
81, 80, 800. $50 and upward. The
three characters of paper currency are
10 be similar in all respects, except
that each win be distinguished for the
character Of currency that it il By the
engraved words, Federal reserve cur
rency Federal bank currency or ma
tional bank currency and other neces-
gary descriptive matter Of similar
character.
The size Of the notes will follow the
present standard although it IL most
probable that later issue will con
form TO the size proposed in an issue Of
paper currency by the last administra-
ton directed, and never put into cir
cuIation. and held up by this admins
tration.
The faces of the fiye-dollar notes, as
designed, bear the portrait Of Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln in miniature on
the right-hand eide Of the note. The
denomination is expressed in large
Arabic numeral, one at each Of the
four corners. There is a delicate and
beautiful border around the edge Of
the note leaving a wide expanse Of
white in the center. The back Of this
note bears designs illustrative Of agri-
culture. At one end Of the note IL a
scene depicting agricultural pursuits.
At the opposite end is an allegoricai
group devoted TO the same theme.
There ~ again considerable expanse Of
white center
Cleveland IL to be the portrait for
the ten-dollar note. Manufacturing II
the theme for the back Of the note,
with a scene Of a busy factory, and
allegorical figures, following the same
treatment, given the back Of the five
dollar note Commerce is to be the
theme of the twenty-dollar note, and
Jefferson the portrait Grants por-
trait is to adorn the hftydollar note,
graver's theme for the back.
with arts and sciences an the en-
The backs OF the five and ten-dollar
notes, and the face Of the hye-dollar
note have already been drawn, and the
drawings submitted for approval.
Bureau craftsmen are now working on
the designs for the other denomina-
tlong.