Palmed Off Upon Unsuspecting Shopkeepers The following report appeared in the "Shunpao":—
Of late, many counterfeit banknotes have made their appearance Shanghai. They have been manufactured by certain foreigners ving in Hongkew and, in appear-ice, they are like genuine new notes. These are sold to evil charac ters for the following prices:—
For 100 five-dollar notes, $170. For 100 ten-dollar notes, $310.
The notes are distributed in the The wives and daughters of the forgers or the people who buy them use them in making purchases, They carry with them two kinds of notes, one genuine and the other forged. After they pay. in genuine money and are given change in genuine banknotes. By a quick movement of their hands, the genuine notes are con. cealed, forged notes appear in thei places. These forged notes are handed back to the unfortumte shopkeepers and genuine money is demanded, failing which they threat.
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