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The Universal Counterfeit and Altered Bank Note Detector, At Sight

The Universal Counterfeit and Altered Bank Note Detector, At Sight

by Henry C. Foote

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Author
Foote, Henry C.
Title
The Universal Counterfeit and Altered Bank Note Detector, at Sight
Credits
Produced by deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
HG: Social sciences: Finance
Subject
Bank notes
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 53907
Release Date
January 6, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE UNIVERSAL COUNTERFEIT AND ALTERED BANK NOTE DETECTOR, AT SIGHT:
  2. 2.TESTIMONIALS.
  3. 3.Notices by the Press of the “Universal Counterfeit Detector.”
  4. 4.UNIVERSAL COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR, Applicable to all Banks in the United States.
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION. — RULES:
  6. 6.PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
  7. 7.RULES. — RULE I. THE GEOMETRIC LATHE. ( Infallible when imitated. ) — RULE II. RULING ENGINE. ( Infallible when Imitated. ) — RULE III. MEDALLION OR PENTOGRAPH RULING. ( Infallible when Imitated. ) — RULE IV. VIGNETTES—A GENERAL RULE. Faces, Eyes, Stippling, Hair, Drapery, Limbs, Scenery, &c. — RULE V. LETTERING, AND ENGRAVERS’ NAMES. — RULE VI. SIGNATURES AND FILLING UP. — RULE VII. PAPER AND GENERAL APPEARANCE. — ANASTATIC TRANSFERS, OR LITHOGRAPHY. — ALTERATIONS FROM BROKEN BANKS. THE “MAGIC THREE.” — ALTERED DENOMINATIONS.
  8. 8.OLD-STYLE PLATES.
  9. 9.THE PIECING OPERATION.
  10. 10.SUMMING UP. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE RULES.
  11. 11.THE STEEL-PLATE ILLUSTRATION.

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