Show 1 larf bmw GAT BE IMITATED the G lathe work is a wonder A work of art i U auit 30 ti e most beautiful piece ot capr money ever produced b abo states 13 the new 2 silver certificate first proofs oi liali on cardboard shown ine privately thi at the bureau ol 01 engraving Ena raving and printing although they were en coreed on the maeia in foster s as approved they had not buen previously exhibited to any one i ive a lew hayn officials of the 01 n this bew promise to pay aa uis chief denes the to imitate it with their difficulty iu performing such a task unquestionably be greatly increased by ahe circumstance that the distinctive piper directed by law to be used in fur the printing of all of uncle isama negotiable is to be aa a material fr tho certificate in question tor tue first time alie firlit batch of it has reached the treasury and within weeks people will around in their pockets 2 bilia of fresh device it ia not trap as haq been reported that new designs anu been adopted tor ana certificate because th re plausible of alic present one in circulation this influence in tha matter but the chuga is majo chiefly forche reason that the face ol 01 the old bill la not satisfactory and it is thought just as well to substitute a new picture at tha came time with the introduction of the dis paper the portrait on the face of tho pre ent of general hancock is not well adapted to ita burx of light ald in tbt arrangement sh adeso that alter passing through a low hands it fiets dim and is practically effaced it may fairly ba said that pas per money of email denominations re more careful execution than is necessary for larger billa inasmuch as it mn t go through so much more wear and tear two dollar bills it is thought has quite as much handling to suffer as filae lor 1 each because they are BO convenient in mabius change and man use them lo 10 a great extent in paying off ane nev 2 silver certificate is really i work of art in the highest sense in he bidlle ot its faco is an oval ot the late wun nia name beneath which in point of lifelike quality and effectiveness of execution is uc equaled by any other production of the eort on treasury securities since the manufacture of paper money in thia country was begun the rest of the consists merely of the co i peacefully prace fully dran in lettering a figure 2 in each corner surrounded by some of the geometric lathe of geometric latho work the back is a wonder nothing 0 o elaborate in this sort of mechanical mech anicil engraving which iz the decair of the counterfeiter has been produced hitherto in the manufacture ot paper money in any country of the world the counterfeiter will find this ne certificate a more difficult subject f ir imitation than he has over yet cn people have asked why should nut the counted fetter himself pro cure u geometric lathe sa he could very easily but to with its aid the he would imitate is an as absolute aa would be that of undoing the lock of a dermuth Der muta tion sate without the if you will for a moment taze upon the complicated concentric and eccentric devices on the reverse side of any united state note or certificate considering that they can only be reproduced by arduous copying with engraving bv and yon will perceive eive under ahe luckless forger of uncle yataka pi to pay is compelled to labor certain newspaper reports have circulated the notion that unhappy vie tim of a mania for imitation can ease his toil with and other processes bat the fact is thac he finds all anch of little use the bick of the new certificate is engraved with a view to showing as con as possible the two strips 1 I silk fiber each arida as onas thumb across the paper on which the deri igus described are to be printed orin ted dividen di the length oe aach bill into three parts for tills purpose portions of the eurlace ar left white in the middle of an oval a end 0 either aida of which is anelay cordio biece of lathe work with a big figure 2 in the center and little scattered abom at an anere ine lines converge there are other features of the design including some very difficult small which are intended to embarrass the counterfeit jr I 1 saw a ream of tha distinctive capar at the treasury department today it looked like a fine quality of note paper size with two bands of closely scattered red and blun fibers running from top to bottom eccli sheet was intended for the printing af four certificates or the fibers ara silk ih eada bought from a new york importing firm by the contractor who works for the treasury cut into lengths rf a quarter of an inch and run through the paper sheets no little difficulty was foaud at first in making the process satisfactory and the gov pays more for the material than it used to for the plain article |