Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1891 — Can Readily Detect Counterfeit. [ARTICLE]

Can Readily Detect Counterfeit.

A man who handles much money soon becomes accustomed to detect counterfeits “because they don’t look right.” In four cases out of five he can not, without close inspection, give any better reason, but the first impression is quite sufficient, and an error is comparatively rare. A money-handling instinct, if there is such a thing, can be developed into almost preter-natural acuteness, so that, at a glance, one bill will be accepted and another rejected. Detecting counterfeit coins, however, “by the feel” is all nonsense. A smooth quarter of standard silver coming from the hands of a perspiring man is just as greasy as the worst pewter. The only way to detect a coin counterfeit is by the ring, and this is infallible.