The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-07

they cannot carry more than a
pocketful of cartwheels, would
certainly have had a picnic carry
ing some of these Austrian coins.
1t is dated 1904.
The smallest coin IS also Aus
trian. 1t IS one-thirty second of a
ducat, worth seven cents. 1t is a
gold coin, and is only as large as
capital "O' typewriter.
Possibly the strongest looking
coin is the razor money of China.
1t is a blade, of copper, six
inches long, curved ground and
knife-like. and looks like a rusty
razor blade. This coin like all
other Chinese coins, has a hole in
it. a square hole indicates the
Chinese coin, while the Japanese
coins have a round hole in them.
The razor coin comes from the
Shun dynasty OF go b. (.
Mr.. Schmid considers his Jew
ish shekel his rarest coin. 1t is
dated 100 B. C. The glass money
Of Egypt is peculiar looking. and
has finely engraved work on it.
The bullet money of Siam, the
"Tekel,' pronounced like that
Meme, meme, tekel Upharsin
writing Belshazzar saw, is the size
OF a blue grape, and has hieroglv-
phics and pictures sprinkled over
its sides. It IS Of comparatively
recent date. The smallest silver
CON is from Panama and IS one
third the size of a dime.
&The Lydian coin Of 500 b. {.
coming from the time of Croesus,
the monarch who had plenty of
coin to spare, is an interesting
coin because Of that fact. The
Greek coins are beautiful and Of
many artistic designs.
Mr.. Schmidt also has two
Widow mites, but he's not going
to drop them in the collection box,
they being very rare.
Lead coin from Pompeii shows
that lead did not always get the
black look that coin inspectors Of
our government give.
\ coin from Henry VIII OF
England. who has wives too
tedious to mention, is of gold,
thin as paper and containing
3 50 worth Of gold, but much
more yaluablea, a rarity. About
rs years ago a Portuguese coin
was pIoughed up near Brownsville,
Pa and Mr.. Schmid secured it
for his collection. \ gold coin Of
I776 OF the reign OF our old friend,
George III, was blown out of its
resting place in He'll Gate harbor,
New York. 1t had likely been
dropped there by some redcoat IN
the year that made L. S. famous.
The is also 'cartwheel. dated
1877, from the same realm. 1t
looks like a cartwheel in some
respects and Is three times as thick
as dollar. 1t is the old two
pence, a I649 Cromwell coin is
also in the collection, as are also
coins from Charles II.
The old Ben Franklin cent Of
I7S7 with the description, Mind
Your Business is an interesting
American coin. There are coins
representing nearly every period
of Importance in our National
history. The Lincoln penny is
there, as is also the Eagle cent OF
Honest Abe's own time and day.
American dollars as they first
looked and the latest one out are
there for comparison.
And all II Caesars are represent
ed on the coins of their respective
periods. For while they ruled
practically in consecutive order,
and some but for a short time, yet
those Caesars did things in a regu-
lar Strenuous Delightful" way
that sometimes made each year
almost period of its own in
Roman history.
In addition to these coins there
are several medals significant OF
events of national Importance.