The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-01-05

| Will tlle "OlQ uSAo ~ 'hS 4eAl' ~
low the dial is the motto, Mind Your
Business" a saying attributed to
.Franklin. This central design is en-
tclosed by two circles, while around
the border in large letters is the in
I fseription, Continental Currency
1776."s On the, reverse is q circle OF
.13 links, each of which bears the name
fof. one of the 13: colonies. In the cen
!, tre~~is aradiation, which encolses. a
double circle, in which are the words,
american Congress. We: Are One. -
No definite information as to where
| the Continental currency dollar was
made can now be obtained: But it is
! thought to have been produced by
one of the engravers of Birmingham,
England, in which city were made
many of the coins that were circulated
in this country during Colonial days
and the most of which are now highly
valued by collectors. !
The design Of the dollar was evi-
IDENTIFY suggested by the devices. of
f'the f@sts Continental: currency paper
issues. On the diverse of one of
tmese notes was a representation of
Fa%sun as human face shining up ION
a dali, with the word "Fugio." Just
above was a representation of r. the
'm moon: also as a. face. CThe latter,
>nowevere, found no place in the de-
sign of the silver dollar) Under
meath the dial was the motto, mind
Your Business" The reverse design
of the note showed almost the iden-
tical design borne by the Continental
dollar and seems to have been en-
bodied intact
Several varieties Of these Continen-
tai dollars are now known, and not
E'only were there various designs show
ing trifing differences, but they occur
in different metals, silver, brass and
white metal. The rarest of the series,
the one owned by Mr.. Granberg,
shows marked differences from some
of the otheS. Underneath the dial
and above the motto is inscribed in
small letters "E. G.. Fecit.' "E. G."
I are supposed to have been the initials
of the engraver of the dies.
From what can be learned there are
only two specimens of the above dol
lar known in silver, the one owned
by Mr.. Granberg and another said to
be in the collection of an Eastern his
torical society. The variety is also
known in brass and white metal. The
specimens in the latter two metals
are also rare and held a. premium.
The one is brass is much rarer than
that in white metal.
The next rarest variety of the Con-
stinental currency dollar is of small
Ter design to that mentioned above,
but the engraver in cutting the dies
made an error in spelling t'currency'
with but one "r." A similar speci-
men, showing this error, and the only
one known in the metal, was formely
in the collection of John G. Mills, of
Albany, whose collection was sold in
1904 That coin at that time brought
$500. Since that time the values of
colonial coins particularly have ris-
en- enormously and that dollar would
now bring a very much higher figure
If offered for sale.
/ The design showing the error wa
'also struck in brass and white metal.
1t has been stated by experts that on
ly five are known in brass. One Of
these, also offered at the Mills sale,
UIOUSuC 9At, WHICH, MOU1u Ue largely
advanced if sold today. The same va
i,riety in white metal brought SIS at
the Mills sale.
There must have been a consider
able issue of coins of this design in
white metal, judging by the number
fof dies that were made, as evidenced
by the known specimens. One design,
with the error in the spelling of *tcur-
rency," shows a comma under the let
ter "n." It was struck in brass from
rcut dies. But two such specimens
are known, and the last record of
sale of one, the Parmelee sale of 1890,
held' in this city, was $26. Even the
commonest of the white metal speci-
mems are held at premium of sev-