The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-18

think more of that nationality stow away
their change inside of their stockings than
any other place, and don't take their stock
ings Off from the time it is put there until
they went to change it,"
Il suppose you get rather curious col
lection of foreign coing'
That's what great many people think, "
was the reply. but it is not actually the
case None of the people who come here
bring any but the commonest kind of coin,
and in fact, the brokerage business has ex-
tended SO much in Europe of late aud also
on the transatlantic steamships, that a
great many of the immigrants have their
money already changed when they arrive
here"
DO you get much paper money and ever
get cheated in itn'
There is a great deal of European paper
money now. Austrian, French, Russian
and Belg an paper is common. And every
one of the different German States gives
different issues of notes. About year ago
man came to our Office with ESQ Bank
of England note to get changed; but, when
we sent it around to one of the banks to
make sure of its genuiuness, the man disap-
peared The note was a counterfeit and We
have it yet"
what are the principal coins Of the diff
ferent nationalitlesN
Austria Hungary issues a form or
guilder, equal to 100 kreuzers, and an STORM
silver piece. The form is worth about 4Oc.
OF our money. The Netherlands count the
same, only tney call their kreuzers cents and
their hOrins guilders, and they issue 10 guilder
gold pieces. Denmark, Swelen and Nor
way have decimal currency, 100 being equal
to krone, worth about PIC. Germans
count 100 pfennig to a mark. which is
about 25c., and issue thalerS g marks, ), 10
and 2J-mark gold pieces France, Bel GUM,
Italy, Switzerland and Roumania use trac-
tlonally the same currency of 100 confines
to the franc, worth about 19c. but the Ital-
lanS call their francs Ira the Roumanians
lei, and the Swiss call their centines rap
pen, and have l0-rappen coins called batzen.
Greeks count 100 lepta to the Grachma
worth about l6c. The Sarvians use the
French currency, but call the francs dinars
aud issue gold milan, worth 90 francs; a
silver para, worth 20 centimes, and COP
per and nickel coins of 20, 10 and confines
The Spanish coins are: l real, worth 100
centines; / peseta, worth reales, and
escudo, worth 10reales; the real is worth a
little less than sc. The Portuguese chief
coin Is the milreis, or 900 refs, worth about
81 The Russians count by roubles. One
hundred kopecks make asilver rouble,
which is worth about 75c.; they issue
now great deal of paper money
in denominations of l, 3, 5, 10, 25,
ehtict Oup-co. nc COlu, III 1uIhty
are the Ira or gold medjidie, worth about
81 81; the piastre, of which it takes 100 TO
make a Ira; and the becklik and atilik, 105
to make the Ira. They keep their large ac-
counts by the purse equal to five liras.
The Egyptians have dimes, ten of which
make piastre, worth SC. Algeria has a
pretty gold coin called a sequin, worth a
little mo- e than 81, and a monzounah, worth
about cent and half. Morocco issues a
blankeel or muzooua, which is equal to six
fioos, worth about one fifth of cent; an
ounce or okla. equal to four blank keels;
and mitcal equal ten ounces. In
Tunis 16 karnubs make l piastre, which is
worth about Zoe. In China the unit is the
Haikwan tael; worth about 81 25. 1t is
equal to 10 mace, or 100 candareens or !, 600
cash. Persia issues q silver kran, worth
about 15c., copper and silver shahi, and a
gold toman, worth about $1.75. The cur
rent coins Of India are pie, worth about
quarter of cent; pice, equal to 8 pies;
anna, equal to 4 pice; rupee, equal to 16
annas; and gold molnir, equal to Is rupees
The molnir is worth about 81 25. The Jap
anesse count yen equal to 100 sen; the yen
is worth about 75c. The South American
countries generally count by dollars, some
times called polsos or soIes. The Australian
and South African colonies use the British
currency"