Show NOTE HARD TO COUNTERFEIT New French 20 issue Is Said to Present Pre-sent Many Difficult Obstacles to Forgers Paris Samples of the new French 20 bank notes were shown to a few favored visitors nt tho mint and the assertion was mado by the designer that ho had been at work on the bill for ten years and cherished tho firm conviction that nb counterfeiter over would be able successfully to Imitate It Tho note Is smaller than the I resent res-ent one being about four by six Inches inch-es It bears emblematical figures of Ceres Mercury and othre gads and goddesses but the greatest attraction lies In the agreeable colorsblue yellow yel-low roso and greenall arranged on the scale of the rainbow These colors col-ors says LucOilvlur Merson the famous fa-mous designer who Is responsible for tho note it will be almost Impossible to counterfeit In tho first week of the new year tho government will Issue 28000000 francs JuGOO000 worth of these notes gradually retiring those now In circulation Tho new notes cost 14 I for each 1000 to manufacture and tho operation of putting them In circulation circula-tion will Involve an expense of 2uOOO a year M Merson the designer Is paid a retainer of 10000 a year for ten years by the government Tho old notes have been In use since 1SS9 During that period they Lave been counterfeited frequently and to such an extent that only the lack of anything with which toreplaj them prevented their abandonment I |