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Counterfeit Notes Saved by Fire

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 8, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 2.

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Counterfeit Notes Saved by Fire

The album of the Bank of England in which specimens of counterfeits are preserved has three notes which passed through the Chicago fire. Though they are burnt to a crisp, black ash, the paper is scarcely broken, and the engraving is as clear as new.