Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . KK I-(IRT DKARBOItN NATIONAL HANK. HIK AGO. ILL. Yet thousands of criminally foolish people believe they canpurchase counterfeit money as they would butter or cheese, and intheir attempts to obtain it, are robbed, and an honest public sent-iment says, Serves them right. The crime of which the Boodler is guilty is covered by Sec-tion No. 5480, United States Revised Statutes, as amended andapproved March 2, 1889, and the offender, upon conviction, is liabelto
Banking, ancient and modern ..together with full instructions as to the business methods of the Treasury Department at Washington, . KK I-(IRT DKARBOItN NATIONAL HANK. HIK AGO. ILL. Yet thousands of criminally foolish people believe they canpurchase counterfeit money as they would butter or cheese, and intheir attempts to obtain it, are robbed, and an honest public sent-iment says, Serves them right. The crime of which the Boodler is guilty is covered by Sec-tion No. 5480, United States Revised Statutes, as amended andapproved March 2, 1889, and the offender, upon conviction, is liabelto a fine of S500 and imprisonment for eighteen months. It is next 94 to impossible to obtain le^^al evidence against these swindlers; andwere one of them arrested and brought to trial, the testimony ofthe main witness (he who lost tiie money) would be weakened bythe fact that he would have been a criminal if he eoiild. PREMIUM ON COINS. (Circular letter of Treasurer U. S.) (i) The Department makes no distinction between the variousissues of coin and currency of the United States, neither reLeivi)tg norpaying a prei)iiuvi in any N. W. Ol N. W. HAKRIS A; C* CHICArJO, ILL. NOTI^: None of the coins of the United States have beencalled in. All statements to the contrary are erroneous, andtheir origin and purport unknown.(2) Applications for list of, and correspondence in relation to, premium coins, should be addressed to some of the COIN DEALERS to be found in all larire cities. 95 CONFEDERATE AND STATE HANK NOTES. (Circular letter of Treasurer U. S. Notes issued by the late so-called CONFEDERATE States ofAmerica, and by the various STATE BANKS, are not redeemable bythe United States. GOLD COINS MINTED BY PRIVATE PARTIES. The only denominations of gold coins whose issue was authorizedby law are the $20, $iO $5, $3, $2/2 and $1 pieces. Of these thecoinage of the $3 and $[ pieces was discontinued by the Act ot Sep-tember 26, 1890. There have been a great
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