Show HOW TO TELL counterfeits the hand Is quicker than the eye ee in detecting fraudulent bank notes the feel eel of the dis tive paper used by the government is the first earning Nar ning signal that the money mone tendered la Is bid bad this paper li ii distinctive e not ilone one because of the introduction of silk fiber in III the bill ltaif but because of the treatment the tb stock receives la in minting the silk threads arc some sometimes tims imitated ty b pin aln and ink lines but these do not bear close e ex the eng enslaving laving has been the greatest protection for c even cn photo engraving falls to bring out the color alua and retouching by the giavina tool makes tho the lines heavy beav and ir regular photography also falls lit in reproducing the color of 0 the seal which must be cashed lit in with water vater colors the black lines of 0 tho the engraving engra iino browing through in felts the most dan berous counterfeit Is thit in which a genuine bill of lower lover denomination is bleached out and a false plate showing shoving a high denomination placed upon it here Is a genuine bank bill it has the feel the tha silk are arc arf ant it if the engra engrail Ong ng is ib fairly talal well veil done and ahn color of approximate cor ness it becomes a dangerous ding erous counterfeit and bankers are at once warned to bo be on the vatch match tor for it in this connection the check letter often romes cornea into ulai all notes are drent ed of 0 one denomination four on a sheet and are lettered respectively A 11 II C and D each no note bears a tit ti asur number if nhen hen that number numb er Is I 1 is divided by b four there remains one the check letter should be A it if two remains the litter should be U B if three then C and it if there is no I 1 u ma bainder inder D it if the result shows othe otherwise ruise then tho the numbering iq wrong and the file note is a coun kerfeit all dt from 1 to 1000 ha ban been counterfeited as well veu as all our coins the most usual method of defrauding when lien gold coins are handled Is to saw the coins in h half alf extract the interior and fill with fill base metal |