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Show New Counterfeits. The vast amount of spurious currency at prcs cnt in circulation, and the fact that it is beginning to reachUtah and that numbers num-bers of people here have already been deceived and have taken bogus notes, make it a public duty that the knowledge knowl-edge of these counterfeit notes should be made widely known. Hence wc clip from Thompson's Bank Note and Commercial Riportn; for February 1, the following on NEW COUNTERFEITS. Farmers' and Manufacturers' National Bank, fuughkeepsie, sr. Y; $10 imitation. imita-tion. The engraving is well executed. Printing and paper good. A dangerous counterieit. Newport National Bank, Newport, 11. X. 'l iniitaLioti. The shading under title ol' bank is coarse andaonucuy. The engraving ol' the note is inferior to the genuine. . Jewett City National Bank, Jcwelt city, Conn.; 2 and 5 imitation. The notes are well executed. Paper and printing very good. National Bank of Commerce, N. Y. city; imitation. The Dotes are well engraved. The paper and printing very good. Merchants' National Bank, N. Y. city; '$5 imitation. Well executed nnd dangerous. Likely to deceive. Albany City National Bunk, Albany, N. Y.; S10 imitation. Engraving coarse and scratchy when compared with the genuine. National Bank of Newburgh, New-bufgh, New-bufgh, N. Y.; $10 imitation. The en- S raving, figures and lettering are powrly one. The entire bill is interior to the genuine. " American National Bunk, N. Y. city; S10 imitation. Well executed. The shading under UNITED ESTATES is irregular. The s"m:ill curved line under the word UNITED touches the shading shad-ing of the UN. Iu the genuine it does not. Central National Bank, Homo, N. Y.: SlU imitatiou. The engraving is well executed, the printing and paper very good. 4 Oneida National Bank, Utiea, N. Y.; -) imitation. The engraving is well executed, and the printing very good. City Natiunul Bank, Utiea; J'.U Description De-scription the same as the Utiea City National Na-tional Bank, Utiea, N. Y. This is a fraud, us there is iu such bank at Utiea. Utiea City National Bank, Utiea, N. Y.; :rJ0 imitat.on. The figures in the engraving un right and lea end of note are coarse nnd uudetined as compared wi'.h the genuine Likely to deceiTe. We-tche-terCo. National Bank, Peeks-kill, Peeks-kill, N. Y.; $- imitation. Engriving coare and scratchy. The signatures are engraved. 10 imitation. Engraving is inferior to genuine. National Union Bunk, Lindorpark, X. Y.; J. This is a fraud. There is no sueh bonk It is altTed from the rnunteru.-it on the- National I'nionBiink, Kir.Jerhook, N. V. Lynu Prrk National Hunk, X. Y.; .--2. A frnudlllent i-i:e. There i- no uch ban!,-. tir-t National Bank, lmgl.kei.p-io, N. Y.; s-lo imitation. The note- ure well encrrnTed, tne paper and printing Tory good. Merehant-' National II. ink, X. V. city; s-J"! imitation. A danio-roiis oun-lerleit. oun-lerleit. Engraving well executed. Printing Print-ing and paji'-r good. j on tlie I. S. Treasury Note-fgrcenburk Note-fgrcenburk ) Imitation. Engraving well done, and paper very good. The -hnr'ing of the word I N IT KD STATr.S i -cratchv and uneven. Dated Eeh. is., j. " lli on tne U. S. Tnti-ury Note 'greenback-.) Third plate. This note is not o woll engraved in the- second plate, although it is a very good imitation, imita-tion, faouie of the delecu iu thi frond plate hnvo ben corrected ill thi. There are eight lines whieh form the shading under the words '"United Ntutcs." In genuine thero are only live line. There is no period atter "Iri'a.ury,'' at ttio bottom of tho noi, and alter the date; in the genuine, there is. Tho idiadirjg at the bottom of the note, on the hut ol the female is quite imperfect; iu the genuine, it is well detined. On the reverse re-verse side there is double nhuding under all tho word-t in thu large oval in the genuine. Not so in tho counterfeit. 10 on the U. .s. Treasury Notes fgreenbuekn. 1 Second plae. I so well executd, and so cluno an imitation of the genuine, that professional experU enn hardly detect the ditfereuec. '1 lie letter jt in "pay to tho bearer," has uu upstroke; up-stroke; in genuino it has not. Iu tho genuino note aro four distinct rows ot leathers undnr the left wing of the eagle in tho Vignette. In tho counterfeit the row s of leathers tiru undetiiiud. ill) ou il. o U. H. Treaury Notes (greenbacks.) Imitation. .Sneond issuo. lias on upper right border 1 1 small X. and l'j Nion left. Tho genuino has 1" Xs on riht and left of engravor's name. Thu portrait of Lincoln on letl end is not well engraved . |