FORGED BANK NOTES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2859, 25 August 1916, Page 6

FORGED BANK NOTES

"The Federal Government,will pay a reward of £100 to any person' who can furnish information leading to the discovery of the forger or his accomplice," said Mr. Uiggs, Federal Treasurer, referring to the discovery (cabled last week) that forged £5 bank notes wore in circulation in Australia. "Tho notes would appear to have been printed from plates," said Mr. Uiggs. "Tho ink on the first note ran on being rubbed with the moist niigqr, leaving a blue smudge, but three other notes were apparently printed with ink which would not run on being moistened."

Tha note is a- good forgery, and likely to deceive a person who is not an expert. Generally speaking, tho blue printing, particularly around the edges, lacks what a photographer would call sharpness. On the back of tho note a landscape, which is that of tho Hawkesbury River, is most indistinct—indeed, it is quite impossible to decide that tho landsoapo includes water. There are several lines on the back of tho forged note indicating telegraph lines, which appear to more distinct than tho telegraph lines on the genuine note. This may assist the_ public in discovering if a'forged note is presents ed to them.