A Counterfeit Ten
The Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY 11 Mar 1858
French Chamblin, alias John Kell, an old fellow, was in arrest on the charge of attempting to pass a ten-dollar bill on the Iron Bank at Ironton, Ohio. The bill looks like a good one, probably as good as the bank itself, but as the witnesses were not ready the case was continued.
Portsmouth Inquirer, 8 July 1850
The Boston Traveller states that the retail traders of that city are cheated out of at least fifty thousand dollars, annually, by means of counterfeit money.
Portsmouth Inquirer, Sep 1850
A man giving his name as Carey was arrested in Sandusky City, on Sunday morning last, having in his possession about two thousand dollars of counterfeit notes, on the State Bank of Ohio. He had disposed of several of the “tens” and was caught in the act.
Counterfeit Gold
Portsmouth Inquirer, 23 Sep 1850
Counterfeit half-eagles are now in circulation, and although good imitations of the genuine, are rather lighter in color as well as in weight than the genuine.
There are also indications of brass upon the face. The best test, however, is the fact, that, on the eagle side of the coin on the genuine, there are three full-points-one before the word “five”, and two after it; on the counterfeit, there is not a full point on either side.
Portsmouth Inquirer, 7 Oct 1850
Goodman’s Western Counterfeit Detector for October contains the following new counterfeits;
- Three’s, letter B, State Bank of Ohio, payable at the various branches
- State Bank of Indiana, St. Albany-One’s, letter C, dated 1 Jan 1848. The engraving is coarse and very imperfect.
- There are also some counterfeit Twos and Twenties on the State Bank of Indiana.
Portsmouth Inquirer, 28 Oct 1850
Another Dangerous Counterfeit
Within the past few days, our bankers have detected a new and very dangerous counterfeit. It is a $50 bill from the State Bank of Missouri. We are unable to give a general description of the bill, but we understand that it is an excellent imitation of the genuine bill.
Our bankers detected the counterfeit from the roughness of the engraving, which although superior for a counterfeit, will not compare with the genuine.
One of our banking establishments received nearly $400 of the bills from a correspondent in Chicago, a few days since, and yesterday another banker received $3000 from a correspondent in New York. The notes have not yet gotten into general circulation.
Look out for them.
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