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Scientific American, Vol. 27, No. 23 (1872) (1872)

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a fraudu- graved are impressed on these steel rollers. They take the impression much as subsequently the bank note itself takes the impression, or as a piece of wax would take it. The work of the artist is, of course, reversed, and the picture, or rather the fragment of the picture, appears on the… … bank note is impressed upon the soft steel plate. The skill profession superior to those who are employed in the design- and accuracy required in the operation are almost beyond curious and interesting of all the various operations in the ing and engraving of bank notes. By theside of these gen-…

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