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Show COLOURED WATERMARK 27 paper, mmcl)‘ that when held up to the light and looked throug the colours will look much stronger than when looked at. Now e interior, which we have seen is a process too difficult for the ordinary forger to attempt in his paper, th No. 16 Bank note paper fabricated by Sir William Congreve in 1818 This was the first coloured watermark. The layers of paer ar blue, red, and yellow, enclosed between two layers of whit very reverse would be the effect, that s, if the colour were staine on the surfice which seems to be the only mode of imitation ope to the forger, then would the colour look paler when looke through than when looked at, instead of looking stronger as i the genuine note. And to prove this difference to the Public on th note itsclf, a narrow border of the interior coloured pulp is lef bare all round the note, in this border, thercfore, the colour is superficial and '\ccordmgly when the note is held up to the light th border where the colour is superficial and which is the stronges tint when Ionkcd at, appears the palest when looked through, an vice versa, the remainder of the note, where the colour is in the in Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |