Saturday, February 27, 2010

A new counterfeit $3 note . . .

. . . State Bank of Ohio, Piqua Branch, has just made its appearance. They are easily detected. The word “Prest.” Is badly printed, being nearly one third larger than on the genuine notes. The counterfeit is intended to be a fac simile of the genuine.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport Iowa, Friday Morning, April 25, 1862, p. 2

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