The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17

will not be saved" is the motto on a
golden crown. and another reads. He
who trusts in riches Will fall" The
same POntiff asks: What doth it
avail a man? What doth it avail a
fool?" n the question. meeting you
on a coin, has a special directness
that one cannot avoid.
Innocent XII speaks touchingly to
those whose hearts are fixed on the ac-
cumulatiOn of wealth when. on a coin
OF about two francs nominal value.
he says, Let it not be to thy perdi-
ton" And the effect Of avarice on
the mind is admirably suggested by
tie words Of another coin Of the
same Pope. Money mas no color for
the a~varicious." The money grabber
is universally denounced. Who is
poor? The miser," is the question and
answer which another coin gives.
VIVA / have l give to thee" is the
phrase on another coin on which Is
represented st. Peter healing the lame
man. The bearer Of the coin may
not be able to hea otherwise than by
giving what he has. Another peril
nent question is asked on one Of these
pieces of money, BE these things
which thou hast gathered, whose will
they be?' Such a question must raise
serious considerations in the minds Of
thoughtful men.
A GOOd Word For Money.
But the owners of money are rec
commended to bestoW 1t well Clemen
XI on a golden julius says, Let it
abound to the glory Of cd" When
rightly employed money may do much
good, and this is declared by lemen
x on the coin which bears his pro-
nouncement, 1T diminishes evil and
increases good"
And on another coin a generous
giver is described. HE hath opened
his hand to the needy do not for
get the poor" is the recommendation
on the coins of two Pontiffs. A piece
of the value of 6 cents bears this in
%sciption, "A little to the just" and
on a much smaller coin is the truism,
TT hurts less" FORBID that l should
glory save in Thee" was the motto on
the coin or media of Plus V. which
was made a memorial of the battle
Of Lepanto. He who gives to the
poor will not wait" is q consoling re-
Election, as it suggests that the reward
of the just will be bestowed soon on
the charitable man. Use moderately
like a man Is a saying that awakens
universal response.
That it MAJ be given,' tells the
purpose for which the coin was struck
that is to say to be passed on to
those In want, He lends to the Lord
who has mercy on the poor" is the
inscription on a silver piece of about
16 cents nominal value.
E1TSJ Use OIL ~ PluFlbuS UnUm.c
The motto, "E P%luribus Unum."
never authorized by law to be placed
on the coins of the United States, first
appeared on an American coin in
1885. There was no United States
mint then, and, In fact, no United
States, the Constitution forming the
Union not having as yet been adopted
n. Y and e Pluribus Unum" was
first placed on a copper coin struck
at that mint. Few collections have
specimens of this coin, and 1t is val
liable.
In 1857 a New York goldsmith
coined a piece of money which was
known as the 16-dollar gold piece"
and upon it the motto was stamped
in this form: "Unum F Pluribus."
Only four of these coins are known
to be In existence. They are valued
at more than $4,000 each. New Jer-
sey issued various copper coins in
1887 with the motto stamped upon
them. A great man of the early
coins. before there was any legal au-
thority for national coinage, were
copper and were coined for different
States. and all bore the words "E
Pluribus Unum."
The United States mint was estab-
lished in 1892, but the use of the ma
tional motto on any Of the gold Sill
IL VI topPCA III HdS MOI aUInOr-
lied or directed by any of the provis-
ions of the act esta blishing 1t. The
motto remained on the early gold
and silver coins until 1894. when it
was omitted from the gold coins. In
1886 it was omitted from the 25-cent
pieces and in 1887 from all silver
coins. It was not stamped on any
coin again until it appeared on the
nickel and the STANDARD silver dol
lar.
I'm God We Trust"
The words In God We Trust were
first placed on the 2-cent piece. which
came into the subsidiary coinage in
1866. The motto vas placed there by
direction Of James Policy. then Di-
rector Of the United States Mint at
Philadelphia. and not by any legisIa-
ton Of Congress authorizing the mint
ing of the 2-cent piece. The motto
was subsequently stamped on the sill
yer halt and quarter dollars.