Thursday, May 10, 2012

Counterfeit Treasury Notes


WASINGTON, March 1. – The first counterfeit five dollar Treasury notes made their appearance in this city yesterday.  They are an exact imitation of the genuine but can be detected by “U. S.” in the engraving that in the genuine should be left out.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 8, 1862, p. 3

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