[Illustration: FORGED RUSSIAN ROUBLE NOTE--FRONT AND BACK.] Another of these is in reality a capital advertisement for a well-known circus, stating that it has been "Entirely redecorated and renovated at the cost of One Thousand Pounds"--a big One Thousand Pounds appearing in the left hand corner. Indeed, your cardsharper and confidence-man knows how easily gulled some folk are, that he has even included in his stock-in-trade a note-advertisement emanating from a Parisian firm of dentists, stating that they will gladly supply you with a new false tooth for the modest sum of five francs! These and many more are in a frame at New Scotland Yard--a good supply of American notes being noticeable. Amongst them is one which, at the moment of writing, is peculiarly interesting. It has, at some time or the other, formed part of the "monetary" luggage of somebody engaged in the confidence trick. Kossuth, the great Hungarian patriot, gave orders to a firm of lithographic printers for the printing of several million notes, which he intended for circulation in Hungary. The Austrian Government, however, objected to this, went to law, and the case was decided in their favour. The notes were to be destroyed, and so great was their number that several waggons were loaded with them. One of these identical notes is to be found framed at New Scotland Yard! Whilst on this subject, a good story may be told, which will well illustrate the ingenuity of some to take advantage and make profit of a "forgery" scare. Some time ago considerable consternation was created in France owing to the circulation of forged 500 franc notes. An individual--always on the look-out for the adaptation of his genius to circumstances--exhibited one of these sham notes and netted a neat little sum by charging a franc a head. "Beautiful imitation," said one, "but not good enough to take me in." "Very clever," remarked another, "but not quite clever enough to catch me." "Ha! Ha!" exclaimed a third, "I should have known it as a bad 'un at once!" The exhibitor smiled and said nothing. They had been looking at a _real_ note all the time! The particular glass case at New Scotland Yard to which we have been devoting our attention also contains substantial mementos of a gentleman who was closely associated with the great forged will and next-of-kin swindle of 1885. Charles Howard was this worthy's name, and he died within the walls of Holloway Prison, on the 25th November, 1893, whilst under remand. [Illustration: TI KRONER NOTE PHOTOGRAPHED ON WOOD BLOCK.]