Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-16
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New Phase Of Swin,II.us Nhic'I has
crmtI, Been D.vr.Inped

New Phase "i SwindI.nE Whic'I has ..
cent?, Been Developed.
A NV phase of sw.udlng has recent
Iowh up in his un + / Is tie, %
.rrfeitInE o. Oil coins and p, La-e sta a.
i,h vii h e, ll,,tor, rnri h t err abi ct
wing t. TIA emnnd Io= surn a. ticl
ne part of numIslutt-t, aui otn l.,
ru table businc~ Ii grown up IN ,oA
lei ", the sinal1 AMI se.in I en-
iuuens ly aivan ed pr!r,s SeNer.I u
20 til. CTeL serVi,e oil, ial, : cure Il
rre,t Of certain persons in Fhilu -lpr
no hal in their Eo,,, s.ion 1909 5, u 10
in which Ihsy had manufactured for t.,
LrpOse As there was no " deuce th,tt.
uins wee intende for, ir uld; on, but o i
rob onHdn dIlss Of their MONEY, L.
uilty larti.rs We allow d to go unpn
Ia 4 up"n tJrir pro Mise t. destroy hll
:e' AMI p atcs in their pussessIIT.
II j. NOW learned that "A firm in Gsrma q,
manufar turing nitei Sti,es pa q:
s,amIs of IA Ge OmInati0n long since exit &C.
Shi Ia ave attained an enormous sale il
MS country | was shown seN or | sets Of
hose genuine and spurious stamps at th
'tiice of the secret service recently. II
here was any difference, it app ared t. b
ere the bst er executed Ia point o. color
md wo. kmanship. | afterward talked with
i local numis natist about tine ect of
CounIerftIting upon tie sale Of these curiOi
he said it was not great as mi sht lie sup
posed. 1t would he diEcult TO swindls
Iealer In an, lent coins Tough, of course,
people who purchased Uf whOmsOever might
offer were apt to be taken in
Ha tha,, INF fprpaI M. hat SiI hall Il
lars coined in the year 1901 found a ready
sale at from $50 to 81 100 each The value
depends upon the preservation of the con
The dealers have asceTtained that there are
out seven pieces OF this denomination that
were circulated, little, il any. 1t is these
seven which command the highest Hgure
Those whose appea ance is not too much
disfgured sell readily at $40, while any of
the remainder, without regard TO coalition,
arc sold at $50 1t is little singular that
while coins Of lsUi and 1905 ara worth only
few cents more than their face value,
those OF 1891 should be rated 30 sKpensively
The reason for this lies IN the fact that in
1904 the number Of half-dollars ,oinei was
comparatively small, and as these grad
ually disappeared from cir ulItiOn their
value accordingly increased Another coin
Or WHICH tneTe Is great uehIahu Is the nail-
lines Of lN2. These are quoted at from
sl5U to $40 each, according to their stat
Of pTeSer 'atiOn, and for the same reasOrs
given above.
The sums of mon y withdrawn from cir
culatiOn and 10 ked up in these collections
is said to be Nery large. The number OF
cole, tions have greatly increased OF lat
years, and many rich men. like Senator
stanford of California and Harri on Gar
rett OF Bait. more, made it their especial
hobby. The most complete collection in
America, embracing coins Of every descrip-
tion from the old colonial days down TO the
present time, Is in possession Of Loring G.
Parmalee of Boston. Its intrinsic value Is
tri o less than 81 10 The sum which
Mr.. Parmalee has refused for it is s65, ,OO0-
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