The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-24
THg corr COLLECTORS.

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bcst The Inscription N ihdo ~ tlbi undsrtnd
eneH and Liberty. ~ N many " ne New N6fh
cents strucE n Sswblfuh shout me ssr's lime
thA Vermont srhts da'ed liu are quite fNfe
and hind = Nrui ]rfeuiu'n The rAfett ~ 'he
SERIES y ina, hnrwN ~ the 'Imr'une Columbis
fhis eoin Wa stfucB IN ltA. And shOws The usual
Vermont cent device NJ tho sun listing oyef Nils
On The Universe, while me fevrtse has \ anddee'
" liberty holding 'ralra NJ Justice, and In her
rshi hand aiasp,ns . nae The legend s I'm
aune Columbia"
Thets IL no record NJ lhe inscription stella
Quaf,a CsntinA Nfr you sure you have written
I'M, correctly The usual Inscription Il "Quat,A
nrclnA stella, the inuusenth star ~ vermont
was mo fourteenth state Ia he admitted Your
coin N probably worth 81 W In food condition The
other coin viii be- Described later,
n 4. n, New lfAvcn, Conn. Has the coin from
which The enclosed rubbing was MADE 'ny value
Yes. II should he worth about 90 cents, Judging
! from the rubbing Half cents Of isoS, however, are
not considered rare.
T. McG., Manhattan. ls there any premium
a. Shs ., e q ,5 ni1y E'H ant p SSSI, o sSTIns t on ia as' breast lssi
q shield. while In lis talons u clutches Iout spears,
on the reverse side Liberty appear. There arc no
inscriptions on the coin.
Tho coin may be n pattern piece, but there Ia no
record OF a pattern hlf dollar having been struck
In lsis. All regular coins ~ tho year bore inScrip'
lions, although With this exception your descrip-
tlon seems to ~ tat OF the regular Issue. liza pat
tern coin II would bring q premium, but how much
we are unable y say.
n 4 "a d.. thu ,,at,ta ~ n
bill for 81 printed BY Hall and Sellers in i776 az
Phlladelphii' on one side y says The United
Two Spanish Mllled Dollars or tho value thereof
in gold or silver, according 70 tho resolution OF
i77S'E" Signed by John GCase and Jo Sims, IL
shows a picture Of three leaves on one side and a
PIs nfI1Sresh that at Is = n MaD aa,s ssP plain. 'S"e bill III IS IL an eS.
ccllCnt state OF preservation. the size being 2AAst
incnes.
Your bill is a specimen OF Continental currency.
Of which enormous quantities were printed and
very little redeemed. II now has value only as a
curiosity. and Is worth about % cents. The law
required that each bill should bear two signatures,
so these have no significance. The hand holds q
nall about to thrash wheat, the motto surro unding II
-Trbulatlo Dldat, " meaning that ~aniIction enrches.
and the design Is supposed TO have been used to
show that the reverses met by the American troops
at the beginning Of the Revolutionary war would
result In squirting them 10 greater efforts and thus
ultimately bring victory. This design and inscrip-
tlon brought the following from a Tory, printed
In a New York paper. dated l775:
That t~hrashing makes rich the Congress do know,
Or else on their money they would not say so;
But what kind OF thrashing they do not explain,
Whether beat by the English. or beating out grain;
And since we're left dark. we may fairly conclude
That both will enrich them. and both do them good.
A. F., Brooklyn.-Have the following United
States coins a value beyond their facet They are all
In excellent state OF preservation: Half eagles dated
l7ps, 1904 and 1909.
THAT nra all urOTth more than lace value. mat
OF l7es Is worth from ~ up, according to condition.
That OF 1904 Is the rarest of your three coins, ana
should be worth about 50 In the condition stated.
The 1909 Is worth about 70.
A. B.. Olive Bridge. n. VI rye a half dollar
dated 1850. also one dated ,sn Win the letters
-o.- Also a $40 Confederate bill and q hve cent
shlnplaster. Please tell me If tlere are any pre-
None of the coins bears q premium. The mint
letter on the is4s dime does not give additional
value In this case, as during that year the New
orleans mint struck more dimes than the Philadel-
phia institution. coininE over 100000 pieces.
The Confederate bill Is worth about 10 cents, while
the shinplaster is worth only face value.
II. C.. New York what Is the origin and
significance OF the coin OF which l send a %ruobing1
Has Ii any valueI
This Is one of the Amos, innumerable varieties
Of tokens issued In Canada TO supply the need OF
small change. 1t Is held al no premium.
p M. e.. Salem. hAbS.-lb IutTc any value OtleT
than face on q half dollar of 1888. q rubbing OF
which / send. The coin looks as II 1t Just came
from the mint.
The only rare 1855 half dollar Is the one bearing
the mint letter 90" In this year II Is said Just
four half dollars were struck at the New Orleans
mint. and each Of these Is now quoted around
500. Several million coins similar 10 yours were
struck at the Philadelphia mint In this year. 1t Is
worth only face value.
F.. D., Brooklyn. WIN you please tell me II q
- -. - q x AZ nv VAlna
These cen. pieces are extremely common and
worth only face value, The 1850 variety Is the rare
white cent.
]. c. NJ, Tanrvilie. Conn am very much
Interested in collecting American coins; In THE
SSeeNsd ! ssss ana proot Quarter eagles dated iiss
and isss. viii YOU kindly send me the address Of
the person who owns these'
letter addressed TO II. NJ" Herald Square
Hotel, New York city. might reach him.
Information regarding what | consider the oldest
coin in existence. have IN my possession a ten
%in' of EGiia s' declare % be impossible; The eJec,oT
has evidently started II from the machine when the
a tSs s o,Ser to o. bulge SailST noticeabiy' Within the bulge.
aud near the rim. appears The e. Milling instead OF on
consider II so rare as TO be a ventable curiosity.
As you say, tho coin you describe Is a great
curiosity, but the majority OF coin collectors would
not value II very highly Their ambition Is to OBJ
tain rnlnA III NJ nNatlE ~ ~ bOhg
not otherwise. Their are some persons who make
i, sneclalty OF collecting innsbruck coins, and would
nerhaps nay a premium for II. The utmost care
- tnken al the Minis to prevent imperfectly struck
coins from reaching circulation. and inspectors
are supposed TO scru,lnize all coins to detect such
snec,mens. but despite this great care an Imperfect
coin occasionally escape5.
r. n. Lemon, Mass-Kindly tell me the value
nj, California fifty dollar gold octagonsl slug Of
Inc nrst issue and date thereof.
There were ten varieties OF nifty dollar octagonal
oold pleces and two varieties of circular pieces.
They were struck hrst In 1851, the last coined
bclnq in 1855. Fifty dollar pieces are the rarest
and costllest OF the numerous %"Prieties Of Cali
tornla. or private gold coinage.
The rarest Is the one bearing the name Of P. d.
Kohler. California. Only one specimen ia known
To exist, that being In the San Francisco Mint.
n ia easily worth over $1,000. The next in rarity
Is the circular piece issued by Kellogg q Co. ~
which Just thirteen are known. One OF these
coins Is considered OF greater rarity than the 1904
dollar and is worth $500 and more.
Wass. Molltor d Co. OF California issued a variety
that has brought from ti75 to $500. Those issued
nv the United States Assay once OF San Francisco
have sold for sl2O. and each Of the six varieties
struck by Augustus Humbert, United States Assay
Once, California, dated 1851 and 1852, with slightly
AIa...n, desipns. have sold for from 500 to Sl35.