The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-06-11
a NninIsnl lSiSt's Treasures.

II is indeed rare thing to find a
good collection of coins. You will find
individuals who carry two or three
sometimes on their watch chains or a
few old coins in their pockets, but they
seldom think of increasing their col
lection or making study of the CUES
ton. There is one man III Superior,
however, who bias one of the finest col
size, popularity and value. This man
has made a study of coins for more
than thirty years. and is ever on the
watch to better his collection. That
veteran soldier, George 5. Rogers. is
the man. Mr.. Rogers is never with
cut q few rare specimens in his peck
cts. but explains that he merely carries
them for purpose. Ii he should hap
pen to run across friend who has
gem then Mr. Rogers may be able
to make a trade and then again to
sIuelcl tie man who imagines he has
the finest collection of old coins in
the world" But to thoroughly con
ceive the value of Mr.. Rogers col!ec-
ton 1t is necessary to visit his charm
ing residence at Central Park.
\ stranger who has not the experts
idea of the value of such a collection
would naturally first turn his attention
to stack of bills of various denomin-
ations. Mr.. Rogers during the war
obtained some very fine specimens
Several of the bills are exceedingly
handsome, especially fifty dollar one
bearing date May 10, 1852, which bears
the stamp of the state of Mississippi,
with the following inscription regard
ing It's payment: Out of the proceeds
of the Gotten pledged for redemption
of this note" Then there are the old
shin plasters." The veterans so term
ed the small paper currency issued dur
ing the war and which was backed
with gold. An extraordinary piece of
paper money was bill of l77J, on
which it was stated that the bin was
printed by J. ii. Sellars of Philadel-
phia. On one side appeared: TO coun-
tcrfeit IS DEATH The bill is of pccu
liar siZa and made Of very stiff Parch
ment paper. 1t also bore Il picture Of
4 farm. y very pretty bill is the AK
la-Chapelle of 135l.
In the collection is 10 he found 4
Rosa Americana" of l72l This is
one of tie first coins made IN the Tn
tied States, and, while it only bears
the value of one cent, it is estimated
TO be now worth SIT. There are also
United States coppers bearing the
dates of 1885, 1856, 1877, 1867 and 1850.
Among the very ancient and small
coins are the widows mite and ByZan
tine mite, about which nearly all have
read iii the scriptures. Then there are
Scotch coins of 1856 and 1850; Anglo
Indian of 1soi and 1855: Swedish and
Russian coins are exceedingly crude,
particularly the kopcc of l79S. \ novel
feature Of Russian coinage is this
that a specia. coin is millcd for per
sons not able to read or write. The
Romanian stamp is an exceptionally
clever piece of work. On one side is
the figure Of an animal and above it is
a bird with wings outstretched and
bearing i'll It's mouth cross. An En-
glish Royal society coin of 1924 and 4
Zealand piece Of 1871 are among the
curiosities. The Mexican money re
sembles the United States coinage
nearer than that OF any other country
\ Greclan penny, centennial com,
Chinese, Austrian of 1900, Norwegian
of 1871, Danish and Arabian. One is
surprised to see Spanish coin of 1896.
1t is of silver and exceedingly we'll
mllled. Next to it GENES 4 war token
of 1872. Then there is al Isle Of Man
coin, with a stamp of three legs in such
arositioa that they remind one of a
Wind mill.
UGdoubtedly the most valuable coin
in Mr. Rogers collection is one made
during the reign of Julius Caesar,
when the Roman Empire was in its
zenith. 1t is exceedingly thick and is
row valued at sIGO n Haitian coin
marking the 29th year of the pres;-
dency OF J. t. Boyer was secured by
Mr. Rogers from the late Ed Mundy
Call