Counterfeit One Dollars
July 20, 1888Cleverly executed fraudulent Bill in general circulation
New York, July 19.- The secret service officers are apparently at a loss to account for the circulation of the counterfeit $1 silver certificate. That it, has recently been discredited, from the fact that many of the counterfeits have been detected among the deposits at the bank. So well is the bogus note executed that it was not until the recent discovery that cashiers in large business houses took the trouble to examine the bills in their possession, then only to find several undoubtedly fraudulent. At the sub-treasury it is believed that the $1 certificates were put in circulation, not only here but in other cities and towns. A careful scrutiny of the $1 silver certificates is now being made by those who know of the counterfeit. The best means of detection is the poor workmanship of the vignette representing Martha Washington. The same is true of the picture of Gen, Grant on the $5 certificate.
source: The Daily Chronicle
location: Marshall Michigan
