Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-08
WORTH ONE DOLLAR
Faseinating NTH Connected
Win the Con Of s6o&
OtctaalO TO Be A FAKE
Gossraaest >sses t--sesi sach GOA.
otnsF Ia-s2aos- sr Csrhs.s frssd
fractsced Upoa CsiloctoE<


sn err q bsdiy sappres>ed excirenzsnt
w2.ss.f INTO . secondhand boob store
snd eurso shsp On Asr,~fta street ssrur-
dzy nishs and laid silver doliar en- ~
show csseL
-wh.s - thzk WORTH he said 70 ths
propristof.
Tks man behind the counter examined
ths CON with An inperfurb4hl< eonnts-
nance Ode dollar 10 replied
but. man zlivsB almost screamed ~
vixtor. -Dont you s-e ths dAtsr
Certainly lie lso<-
Tie visitor fnmblsd In his pocket and
prodnc~f . pamphlet bead that ~
s<id. opening Il sai pusrins MS hnges on
. certain psze. The paragraph 10 In
dicsred ran - follows
The dollar q lsoa. the sdiamond dol
lar a. u Is fsmiliarly termed. 10 thu
rare-t q al American coins. A very
limited number were struck from the
DIS. ard oniy four are known % be m
sEistence One - owned BY the British
museum. ons By Mr.. 4. L. Carpenter, q
collector q Bostons one BY the nlin.as
Historical society. and one by Mr.. v.
Herbert q Ro4noke. Va The Last one
sold ~aa bid IN for o. $40
The dealer rcsd this deliberately and
assumed tired expressive.
That Il pure besh.- be sait- 'sfn tie
first placs there Is no srch thing a. an
i1)t dollar. mean a genuine one OF
course there are plenty OF dollars with
1904 ca them. bat u wss not put thsrs
By the mlnt II Nr. Herbert Of Roam
exc or anybody elic ever paid o. 800 for
such coin, they wsrr done 20 the tune
q exactly 81 .fyo. There ara eight 1904
dollars night here tn Atlanta besides
this one. Two ara IN Mr.. Abe Fry's safe.
Mr.. FL Brown has four and Mr.. WI
hams two. Would BET that there are
AZ least 90 q them IN the state Of
Georgia Soraa q th. owners know that
they are fakes. aad sone fondly believe
that they have a treasure
~Anl ron say that the government
never coined thsinF gssped the visitor
Il do I made special inquiry =, the
Tnited States treasury department AZ
Wash nkton and was tnfortasd that no
dollars were issaed that year. Ia the
collection q GUNS there. which Il Of
cOarrs complete, taere Is no leOf dollar
l know that the myth - Widespread. bat
II "a q myth al the sane. Il was started
bs masterpieces dealers. aud there il
regular factory ia New York for ran-
niag ous these dollars They simply
change tie date on an 1907 or an 1919
dollar. both * which are comparatively
Common. They are then sold By private
agents If they were posted Ia the cata-
l0xnss for public sale. the fraud would
b. quickly denounced. but they are
worked 81 On collectors who think they
ar getting = snap.
The voane man sghed and pGt his
dollar Ia las pocket There must 30 =
god deal Of fraud q shat kind prsc-
t.c.,i : he sasd
"Fe-" rsplieG the dealer. there il.
Taz. fsr instance tle Greenville tAla.j S
c-nt e. lafaisTate tramp No suc stamp
vs. svcr issre,i. yst you csn Buy them by
the tandrs~i. They hrin.. al tie sey from
a. t. So The kI.ofo Confederate bin Il
another example. There were exactly
seven - these printed. and the plate was
then destroyed It's . long story. bus
that - the gist - Il. one i In the Brit
ia Museum. one in The Astor library a
New York and The others arr owned BY
individuals throughout the country. =
specimen. by the way. being her. In AT
lsnta Now. have had dozens Of tness
balls offered NE Tor sale. There are
thousands IN collections over the world.
All spuriou.. every one - them. la fact.
the fTaai practlced In that line would
fli volume"
After tue Young man went out consid-
srahiY cre-tfsllsn. a reporter. who had
overheard the Conversation. asked
wh~fher there ~~re really many Amer
can CONS that bronSat very fancy trices.
YES. sad the dealer. Quite a num-
Der There = shs 81 quarter without
tke arrowhsasls and rays The quarter
with both q ,he~e devices GA Il - coin
mon. bnt without them ~ exree<inxly
searce and worth several hundred dol
lars very rars coin IL the ls.3 bah
penny. hat r-centty several thonSsua ~
them we're foun1 Ia OHIO. and the price
has dropped % uext 10 nothing
MIST people, De continued. labor
nnder thu ilnpre-sson that a com isvsla-
sbis simply because IL il cid Conse-
aueufiy they vii hoard up oid psnnies.
nicx-ls snd silver pieces that are really
unlr N1rfh th-ir face value. The pre-
ni8m "a cctn i not htei BY its axs.
bpt bv "a scarcity. How do cosns 20
cosns .cssces Heaven saiy knowsI It ia
great mystery. There are instances Of
coinage o. shout equal volume on two
consecutive years where specimens frona
enc are - plentiful a. blae xberries aud
lhs ether ~ scarce a. hen ts~th No
b.-ly caa ssplssn i've SIMPLY ks.w
tlast "a = ~. Ths mys1rrioas DISAPPEAR.
.nc- - peopIs q hich -. occasionally read
.aoat = pa haf ne essigTns thst sAis
l,ssrpsarsnes of non~y =. u vaasAes
frsn cireniasiou. meits svpsr-atly INTO
l.in az. ss,.i al he fsncy prices snd zig
Fs..,,.fur,. Z eel i-ctors n@vsf sacceei "A
bringing It ts hfs sxsin- - Atlantis Con-
ni.atsan.