The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-12

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pleoe ~ N,lolssn n when he as
pfosldsnt n Tfsnee ~ 1871, NV nuins
weIs ssfnsk with hia head "n mem
ard ,he 1rsi ffsua l.'Tos .ss i~N'n y"
him lbT spuloysl. H. taid N zee ~
HIM, aui add thn niint mssirf 10 Kn
Ahsad v itl flisni hut a litilu ltier -
u0ii "a b stin looking inrf ~ hair
over tho toupple, sum 49, W" could rtll
a ,row liok,' and he sent word iO hayn
a new dia mada ~iih moro Olderlf
hair. That wss d0ns, hut ia tho
ms.ntims - II tho pieces
bad gone out into circulation, And |
sappOso $50 would NOT buy ono ~ hem
fr1,u sny Of tho men who own them
nos"
Is ,hsro much 9 'dnterisisingof rare
oGlusg'
"N0n, not mach nowadays, They
wouidh'i pr Tari, you know, II ihfy
,et.fr .dpifd vfrs much, ana tbs eAsol
nuni0 og ard o. ueIsbip uf s0me OF the
rarest ara / ln VA "a the collecWfh, 40
that ~ QUO 10 tne same kinu appears Ia
A sals'it r1b 20 spotleH ~ posa, ~
ones. TBt 'nlug- ths' j. sleisseii ior
Ola cuigs .. q 80 bad tnss nehndy whn
knew pHN,hitf ~ oil about asins
would aver mirtaks thsta for genninH
Biecss, inera wss factory az bogus
Greok And Roman ~ 0ney in PAdua $50
or tnrde UuGfaties goi d "a tnn WORN
va, mighty good, tpo; bu, ms thlhs
hiss b-cn r"nucec Ia regular snlehor,
az mt An exurrg viii take dOu"tiui
cola msd ia 10 ~ 20 minutes viii tell
Won whether 4 ~ guonioo ar bpRo.;
whptharitis Roman, PsguNn ar mod
am; whather tho pziins, or 2Ieop s1kt'
linz il tho result ~ ssf ar ssie; wha;h-
or n n az The Illit material sud pTopsr
ws,Ene nr uus, SUI, there are som"
toun,ari-i'a Iltde own nov thAt arr
pretty sic v0r.
You Know s., tho coin msu up
the street? We'll = fellow Nens hio
biz pirc" Que usy and ASKED 20 SEQ
sona Roman cuins, rare onts. The
r.rosl at the lot H. was n liz II Hpcer-
ain n,,nnt .nd said: Il tbink Ivg 70,
this in my collection, but I'll take 70 "a
MAKE sure, provoking that Jeall ~
turn my money II find that ! have
IT, Tnat Was agreed Ia, aud somo
week, Inter lne follow showed up gnd
said: 'sr. g.. you'll have 10 excuse
me tor Reening that coin 20 losg. L
iva n, Phji4ielphii ., ava haven nu"n
in Noe York since I bought Il, bu.
bayu tao piece, ant whnt 10 more,
pina IL ~ much like ~ tha' i gut the
two miXea Up IN my cfbinet snn CAM
tell item cpsrt. Now,n yoail pick
ont the ono that y u think - yours,
I'll take the other. Aud he unIniieo
two coins rom some u.sue
psoer. We'll, sir, s. wss
stum ped. He looked mt thoia through
a glass aud sll SORTS OF ways, aud
finally put O siao. Then tho stranger
ssid: NO, you're wrong. Thi. Is en-"
genuine, and that Is u forgery l made
fros, II, Ny nsme is. L reckon
you've hasid Of mo. Someb dy told
me that q ,uldn'L deceive ynu with q
copy, bur I've done IL, snd now that !
have made the dies i can accpmiuo-
date you With nd many mor-0, thoM
as you want. Guru morning"
EHhRt Gums are Ia most demaDdT
an LDin c0uutry, American coins.
H. next 10 impossible to got "a COM
plesa set OF tho COINS of shy other
country, ua lass IL bs somo OF tns South
Anerican republics, but hero the prin-
oIpst Gums sro all available. were
only little over 100 years OLD, aud our
money hasn't had time to grow scarce.
some Of cur coins are going to be
scarce"
"Yol can't get them from the min,
nOw?"
nNa, indeed. You can get this years.
sol, hut no ether. The d es are
suIaUhsu st the end OF the year.
Thefe used TO be home funny business
a. the miut, and GOOD many 'psek
num- hers my seriously appeared, but
Tho dies are destroyed now as soon as
tho year IL up. II you are on good
terms with the superintendent OF the
mint, though, you can Ind ouG JuSt
how msny coibB OF u particular DO
nomination are aoiDg TO bn struck
during the year, and you can aals away
the rare ones until III re is market
for them At u jolly preminm. TheIe
aro the 20 cent pieces of 1877 and 1873,
for ingtaDce. They are worm "
npisce. / know just how meny were
goina TO DO strucs, and 1 LAID IN NIUE
stock o. gEsnn ct % cents piece, bht
d!dp't lay iG enough, aud they're ali
gold"
SHAVE you any iden how many. COL
lec,0rs there are in his conntryT
nI,ve heard them figured ~ 20, 200,
and guess that's mono too hiRn &
1gure. OF course, there are some peI--
sons who havo got just handtul mat
thew don't know uythiDg about. You
Gould hardly cali tham Collectors.
They ;yst Ill sorts ofthings. Thero are
colo sales in New YORK hero about
once s. fortnight, when Nmes axe
pretty good, aud Ia Catalogues 10 70
collectors all over the country. That's
how We fellows make our llVins
mostly, buying st Is pscsnts2o FOR out
of-to~n collectors. Then We set up
gales Tor those who want ~ eel
ont, catalogue the pieces, SEND
ont the oatalogue, huperiniend
the sale, fix up the fiaances sud buy
for cusiousrs at the same time.
Nearly everything comes TO New
Yo,k k, ard If man wiz only nlde DIS
tirne and never buy pie3e nnsii no
gets IL in really good condition hs can
sccunulats just as good q coiiection ~
ANY, porson IN any past OF tho world.
L ok at tbs Anthem aud B4'mano cor
lsolione. They ought TO 90 il s mu-
sep m. A good many ccins, thouEG,
come into our hap DIS ruined Oy lgnor-
aut collectors. They soak them in
acid and scour them with bric6 du 9,
whom they never ought To ba elsaned
excapS with sonp a30 warm water and
a soft TOOTH b.usn.-lB Boston Times.