The morning call., 1894-08-06
COINED NO MORE.
Out-of-Date Money at the
Sub-Treasury.
THE LOST GOLDEN DOLLAR.
1t Is Now a Bangle Worn on
Beauty's Wrist.
SHIN-PLASTERs STILL RECEIVED.
Forty Thousand Smooth Dimes to Be
Couuted-Raised Bills That Are
TO Be Cfemated.
sHIN-PLAsTERs STILL RECEIVED

United States Treasurer Morgan and his
assistants, who are Weighing and counting
the gold and silver that Uncle Sam has
laid by for rainy day in the dingy build
ing on Commercial street, are doing over
time without any hope OF extra compensa-
ton. They toll among the dusty sacks OF
dollars from early in the morning until
late at night, and will continue TO toll for
days to come.
Campbell P. Berry, the new assistant
treasurer. who looks like a farmer, moves
among the counters with a watchful eye
and occasionally takes hand at the scales.
For Democrat he Is rather popular among
the Republican attaches that he inherited
from his predecessor. They know that
their positions are safe-for the present
and some of them hope to remain until the
end OF his administration. Colonel Jack
son, whose bonds will not be released until
the counting is over, also watches the men
at the scales. They were weighing cents,
of which there are $4,000 in the vaults, on
Friday, and to their CONSERVATION ascer-
tanned that one of the little coins was
missing The doors were closed and for
half an hour they sought like the woman
in the parable for the missing piece. 1t
w
forth with yell of exultant triumph.
Sacks containing S6,000,000 in gold were
weighed on Saturday, but there was not
one gold dollar in he lot, and there were
but three or four quarter eagles. There is
not one gold dollar in the Sub-Treasury.
The coin has practically ceased TO clrcu-
late.
There is mighty good reason for
that" Colonel jackson remarked. THE
dollars are no longer coined. and what are
in circulation have been grabbed by the
jewellers, who turn them into bangles
They are now worth 50 90 a piece. and the
receiving teller, who knows his business,
does not permit one of them TO 60 astray.
The quarter eagle is passing away and
will soon be as scarce as the slugs Of 40
that were valued at $50 but were worth
more"
1.-THE So 80 piece" Mr.. Berry declared,
twas mistake. If it had not been coiu ed
there would have been better demand
for silver"
The greenbacks and gold and silver GER
tifcates have been counted. They are not
the only paper money in the treasury.
There are many specimens of the half
forgotten "shinplaster." five. ten, fifteen.
twenty, twenty-five and fifty cent bills
that are az good to-day as hey were when
the necessities of the Government caused
them TO be Issued years ago. There are
bills that have been raised, and for which
the sub Treasurer has paid the true face
value. These will be sent to Washington
and fed TO the flames
a tedious task awaits the counters this
week. There are 10000 smooth dimes in
the sub-treasurF that cannot be weighed,
but must be handled one by one. They
will be sent to the Mint and recoined after
The departure of the counters. There are
several hundred dollars worth of nick ell
Scent pieces and many rolls of the 2-cent
pieces that are now so seldom seen among
the coins that have been counted.