Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-23
The specie Currency Of New Yerk.

The specie Currency Of New Yerk.
We have been shown collection OF
twenty-four specimens of copper COINS
issued by private parties in New York.
in 1868, for circulation as small change'
each being of the nominal value OF one
cent and readily passing for that amount.
The collection was made in few hours
by Mr.. Steinbrink, of No. 80 Second
street, in this city, and the variety might
have been increased, with little effort,
almost indefinitely, SO great Is the num-
Der of those tokens in circulation In New
York, where this is the only species OF
coin not held at over one hundred per
cent. premium. Most of these little jo-
kers are of common copper, like the old
American cent, and about the size OF the
new "nickle," although intrinsically
worth less than half the value of the latter
coin, and perhaps one-fourth that
of the former, on the average. Many
of these "coppers" or "tokens" have
the eagle or Indian head on one side, in
partial imitation of the legitimate issue,
and all are highly scented in fact you
could smell man Just about as many rods
as he has cents of this description about
him. The legends on some of these cop
pers are patriotic on some they smack
strongly of Copperheadism, and some are
decide lily non-committal, or merely OF the
advertising, or carte de Uisite style. Here
they. are, as we take them up in course !:
|. "The Flag of Our Union." Reverse ::
"E anybody attempts to tear it down.
shoot him on the spot.-Dix." q" For
Public Accommodation" Reverse !:
I" Horrors of War; Blessings Of Peace"
8. Constitution Forever" Reverse:
Erinnerung, An. 1863" 4. "Union
'6l." 5. Wilson's Medal" 8. "Gus-
tavus Lindenmueler, New York." with
portrait resembling that of our old friend
Ovidius Naso.) Z. "For Our Country,
Common Cause" Reverse: snow
and Forever" So, 10, IL, II, Army
and Navy" with same legend, but differ
ent designs. l3. Blank. IA. "Fine
Ale Drawn from Wood, s5 Bowery."
Is, l6, Not One Cent, U. S. A." differ
ent designs.) II. "New York." Is.
" importers of Wines and Liquors" /"
Reverse: Address of Advertisers" 10.
"Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan" Reverse I:
United States Copper" Would not
the addition of "head" improve the last
legend: = Rep. Alta. 20. Broas
Brothers Pie Bakery" Reverse: "Uni-
ted We Stand" rT'he Brothers, the Pies,
or the Country - Rep. Alta. 81.
"Knickerbocker Currency-Money makes
the Mare Co." Reverse Go it, But
tons" %. "Wright." He is probably
always so. = Rep. Alta. % and "a.
"Not One Cent" Different designs
"When this Cruel War is Over" What
fruitful field for the researches of the
numismatologist will be found in these
unauthorized mint drops. A full list Of
all the issues of this kind would, like the
roll of placards which adorned the walls Of
Paris on the successive days of the first
French Revolution, afford an almost con-
tinuous history of the times, and greatly
facilitate the labors of the historian. II
is worthy of note that these coppers have
at last become so numerous as to seriously
interfere with the circulation of the Gov
ernment fractional currency" and q
special law prohibiting their issue was
passed by the last Congress.-San Fran
cisco Alta. ...'.