Henry C. Foote

“ H. C. Foote, I hesitate not to say that I am fully satisfied that if strictly followed and practised upon, any man may detect the most ingenious counterfeit. It has the advantage of being reduced to system, and the information imparted respecting genuine engraving is worth double the cost of lesson.
A. LEWIS,
Cashier at Loder & Co.’s Wholesale Dry Goods, 83 Cedar street.
New York, Nov. 20th, 1849.—I have examined into Mr. Foote’s system of counterfeit detection, and am satisfied it is useful and of great advantage to all dealing in Bank Notes. ”

“ It gives eight rules, with illustrative diagrams, by an acquaintance with which, any person may readily distinguish the engraving of a counterfeit bill from a genuine one—founded upon the principle that no counterfeiter, working with his hand, can possibly attain the beauty and accuracy of engraving by the perfect and costly machinery of professional engravers. ”

“ The writer says he has never seen a counterfeit which a judgment by these rules would not condemn at sight. Well-informed dealers in Bank Notes usually act upon this principle, but Mr. Foote has here attempted to give rules and explanations to render it more clear and easily understood, and by which every man may judge for himself. ”