Detecting Counterfeit Money

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 31, 1901

“Detecting Counterfeit Money.”

IN the REVIEW of the 17th inst. there appeared an article in the Bureau of Information upon the above subject. We supposed that the Mail and Express report was correct. However, we are informed by those who have examined bill after bill, that paragraph six of that article should be worded as follows:—

“The explanation is simple,” said he. “If you take the last four figures of the number on any bill, no matter what its denomination, and divide them by four, you will have a remainder of naught, one, two, or three. If the remainder is one, the letter on the bill will be A; if it is 2, the letter will be B; if it is 3, the letter will be C; and if it is 0, the letter will be D.”