Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-15
CURIOUS MONEY.
An Interesting Collection at the Ma.
tfOnal Museum-An Old Eng lisa Tally
stick.

"Do you want TO see some of Shepherds
| moneys" said an attache OF the National mu-
scum TO STAR reporter. or course the re-
porter wanted 10 see it, The money i'm question
consisted OF two bits Of paper, about the size OF
a nifty cent shinplaster. The notes are printed
on white paper. in black, without any attonpt
at ornament, or any of the usual devices To
bafne counterfeters The notes are dated at
Hacienda de San Miguel, Batopilas, and tho
text upon them is I'm Spanish. one note il for
| twenty-five and the other Tor fifty cents In tha
lower corner Is printed the name, Alexander II.
Shepherd, We'll known in this city. A card near
the notes Informs the curious people who sloo
TO look at them thai such notes are I'm general
circulation In the Batopilas district, and ar,
preferred by the people there To the narc-
money issued by the Mexican government. A
very extensive collection OF coins ana sIeci-
mems OF money has been placed on eN-
hlbition In the museum. A curious piece
OF money Is bit OF pasteboard, about
the size OF a street ticket, and marked
with a stencil by the man that issued IL. The
one exhibited A. for three cents, and was issued
by a business house In Mexico. This paste
board currency has been lesalized by the stale
OF Iamaulipas.
Among the coins is five-dollar gold piece
coined by the Mormons NJ salt Lake CITY In
1917. TINS piece was presented 10 the inu-
scum by Mr.. Joseph Iibbey, of West Washing
ton. Ii is ornamented with a representation az
u mitre ana AN eye, and inscribed win tho
words "ftoiiuess TO tie Lcrd." There are also
specimens OF Mormon paper money issued az
Many OF the small Mexican coins shown ar,
cut In two In the center. IL is the custom OF
the people In some districts I'm Mexico. when
tney want 10 make change, 20 cut the coins. n
ten cent piece viii be cut in halves and each
half viii pass for five cents.
ooan nc JpaeS s Is very rch IN specimens or
Is one bill for forty shliInss Issued under the
authority T, OF The assembly OF PENNSYLVANIA
The bills Issued under tie authority OF Congress
during the Revolutionary war ents-
amount of s ine bin u in receive pan Iss
miled dollars or the value thereof i'm gold or
silver" An old note for So, issued by the Bank
other old relics shown. Ia another case l. a
bond or note which reminds one OF the later
pions OF the Irish Republic. IL Is "a bond issued
at New York January LIST, 1852, Tor SlO, by
Louis kossuth, payable ION demand one year
after the establishment In fact OF the Inde-
pendent Hungarian governments" A curious
thing, showing how English accounts were kept
or justified for many cent ries and down TO re-
cent times, is "a tally stick displayed Ina one OF
the cases. This as a long stick, which has been
tallies was practiced by the English court oieX-
cheQuer from the time OF the Norman Con-
quest until 1888. 1t is the same system as that
keep account OF their credit sales by notch-
ing stick. In the English system tho
the P eids Of 'he oahx Was marIed 90, On
The stick was notcbed by the Cutter
OF Tailies, and inscribed in Roman characters
by the Writer OF Tales. A small notch repre-
scented penny, larger one a shilling, a sun
larger one pound, a still larger one one hum
dred pounds, and so on. When the stick was
prepared il was split In two by the deputy
chamberlain. II was split In such "A way that
the notches appeared on both halves. One half
OF the stick was deposited in bank and the
other held by the person paying the money as
y receipt. One was called the tally, the other
the COMMERCIALLY. In 1884, after a new system
or accounts was introduced, the tally sticks,
which had accumulated In great numbers, wero
dry old sticks made an intense heat and SET fire
TO the parliament buildings, which were COM
pletely destroyed. The tally stick at the Ma
tional Museum is a gift from Mr.. A. NJ. Franks.
Of the British museum. 1t registers the pay.
Inent OF 100000. in part principal on loan OF
$4,000 due September 80, 171o, aud paid
November %, 1T18,