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Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
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Counterfeit $100 notes purporting to be from the Farmers' Bank at Winchester were detected at the bank on Tuesday. The notes, sent from the Mechanics' Bank of Baltimore, were signed 'P. N. Nicholas' instead of the legitimate 'Benj. Hatcher', with other defects noted. Public warned to beware.
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Counterfeit 100 dollar notes on the Farmers' Bank at Winchester, were detected at the bank on Tuesday. Two notes of that description were contained in a package sent from the Mechanics' Bank of Baltimore, and upon first sight were pronounced by the officers to be base counterfeits. They are signed "P. N. Nicholas." whereas the branch bank at Winchester never issued any 100 dollar notes with that signature, but all signed Benj. Hatcher. Two other striking defects in the notes were visible to the officers; but the difference in the signature is enough to put the public on their guard.
Winchester Republican.
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Winchester
Event Date
Tuesday
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two counterfeit notes detected and pronounced base by bank officers; public warned to guard against them.
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Counterfeit 100 dollar notes on the Farmers' Bank at Winchester were detected at the bank. Two notes were in a package from the Mechanics' Bank of Baltimore. They are signed 'P. N. Nicholas,' but the real notes are signed Benj. Hatcher. Other defects visible.