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Show Unforgeable Banknotes. Paris. It is a remarkable tribute' to the 100-franc ($20) banknote issued in 1910 by the Bank of France that the first attempt to forge one of them has only just- been reported. The notes are printed on back and front, ar complicated and artistic in design, and in four colors blue, pink, black and yellow. The paper is prepared pre-pared with the greatest care, and every time a chemical discovery is made likely to hinder the work of a forger it is incorporated in the printing print-ing of the banknotes. Since 1889 there have been only six attempts to forge the $20 note, three attempts to forge the 50-franc (?10) note, and one attempt to forge the 1,000-franc ($200) note. The Bank of France, unlike the Bank of England, does not destroy all banknotes when returned, but puts them into clrcula-. tion several times. It is only after about three years' use that, tattered and torn, they are burned. |
