In the 19th century, banks and governments were constantly at risk of being defrauded by counterfeiters. This guide provided bank officials with the tools they needed to identify genuine bank notes and detect fraud, including fac-simile signatures of the president and cashier of every bank in the United States. While obviously obsolete in the modern age, this guide provides a fascinating insight into the history of banking and finance in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.