Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1873 — The Counterfeit $500. [ARTICLE]

The Counterfeit $500.

A new counterfeit of the denomination of SSOO, of the inane of 1869, has just been issued. Its general execution is elegant, and the difference between the genuine and false is said to be hardly desernible. Colonel E. T. Bridges, of this city, the Western Internal Revenue Agent, states that two bills have already been secured in Chicago. The following is a description of the bill: The upright that holds the balance of the'scales held in the hand of the female figure shows a white line in the counterfeit, oser the lower part of the palm of the hand to the second figure; in the genuine the upright is quite black, and lost in shadow. The lower part of the right (in the portrait) lapel of coat on portrait of Adams in the counterfeit forms an angle; in the genuine it is a distinct curved line ; also, the buttons in the counterfeit are irregular in shape, while in the genuine they are decidedly round and darker in color. Particular attention is called to the button on the left side of the coat on the counterfeit. In the word “Washington,” in the counterfeit note, the black shade forming the first stroke of the letter W forms an angle at the bottom; in the genuine note it forms a curve. In the ruled shading under the right hand stroke of the letter “W,” and over the letters “A” and "S” there are four ruled lines on the counterfeit; there are but three in the genuine note. Under the letters A and 8, in the word Washington, in the Counterfeit, there are but five ruled

lines; in the genuine there are bnt four Also under the letter “h,” same word there are four ruled lines in the counterfeit; in the genuine there but three. At the bottom of the letter P, in the denomination title, there are five ruled lines in the counterfeit; in the genuine six lines. The localized fiber on the left of the portrait is blue in the genuine, hut without color in the counterfeit. The red seal in the genuine is printed in a delicate carmine color; in the counterfeit it is mere of a brick color, and has a heavy appearance, more especially the rays which form the outside of the seal. Attention is called to the appearance of the lathe-work and lettering on the back of the counterfeit, which, upon a comparison with the genuine, will be perceived. A day or two since a Chicago hank sent a package containing $130,000 in SSOO bills to a bank in Milwaukee, which was returned yesterday intact. A Milwaukee correspondent stated in explanation that the new SSOO counterfeit was so perfect that they were afraid to accept the package.— Chicago Inter-Ocean, September 12.