Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1894 — Scan Two-Dollar Bills. [ARTICLE]

Scan Two-Dollar Bills.

Banks and Bankers. Attention is called in a circular issued by the secret service of the Treasury to the most dangerous counterfeit that has made its appearance in years. It is a two-dollar United States silver certificate, series of 1891, signed W. S. Rosecrans, Registrar, E. H. Nebeker,Treasurer, and has the portrait of the late Secretary Windom on its face. The general appearance of the note is excellent, and will bear close scrutiny. It is about one-eighth of an inch larger than the genuine. The numbering, seal and lathe work are well executed. In the portrait of Windom the eyes appear to be larger than in the genuine and have a bulged look. The outline of the right side of the face is not clearly defined, the shade lines running into the face between the eyes and chin. The shading around the large figure “2” on left and back of note is represented in the counterfeit by perpendicular lines only, while in the genuine both perpendicular and horizontal lines are used, forming squares. The paper contains distrib-' uted silk threads, but the silk heavier than in the genuine.