The Washington herald., 1913-01-12

III known
actually contained more silver and were
OF higher bullion value than the dollar.
turned out at the United statea Mint
For this reason many neonIe considered
that they were bevond req sopabfe crttI-
cism. ON one occasion an of,cer ~ ,ba
army. Maj Henry McDoweu- soine
aboard a steamer al Cincinnati for g,
Louis. maid for his ticket with money
which ,bo cIerl< .cr,,,inizaa ratha- clos.Iy
.Spr,nkIa monavr' saId the clerL
AN rigb, ism, i,7,, asked IN. Major.
"Yes Indeed " RENTED the cIerL ..r
wish 7 bad a r,IIIIon dolIar. r,La ,.r, 90
Neyer,haIasz Snripkta was 6paIiv ar
rested ana in5,c,sd To- ,hi, invasion a,
goyernmen,aI nrsrogativea Being ad-,
mitted 10 hail no fed 10 California
where he died in ISso
II seems strange 10 consida- thu fac,!
tina, not ,n,,ch woe ,har haIt , ce,,uryi
ago nrivate concerns on5 evsr indIvid-
uaIs IN iris countr, wsra allowed q,
make an5 Jss,,a roI,,ad ,,,on.,- a., ,bat,.
own account Vben go,d vas s,ruct 4,
North Carolina man named BecbteI.
started a mint Of his own there, which
ran Tor quite a while until anolished oy
80 =, 20 ha It0s quar
bir, ~ Iara,.,,r ct-.1,,a.as a. - So,,,s
and west ai,bo,sh -, 1900, soIa ,hsr,
We -, on a,,sT.a.a 49, ,,,ot.h, ~.
ahon, tIro ana ona-S.I, go, A., H.. doI-
r-renresertins q y,.-1, co,nfort,hla and
nerfactIy, s,,ra most
A, ahou, tba sa,,a t;r,,. an .,.arnrIsinp
1antI.n,an named ,rsr,nIeto, Reid coined
soId In C:aoroIa ~ moved 70 California
in 1sla and n,in,ed eagles and sq5 pjec.s {
on a cnrsidsrabIo .caIe During the same
period many connanIes and refineries In
California made a business ~ striking
ooId coins AID h. 10 no,icad snecImens
~ +bese coins ~ nrivate rnanufactu1a are
,,-o.th a.. ,,s,,,, ,ir,,e, ,bnjr faca yaIue
a. cnriositias-tbough naturally. there
was great termination Ioften acceptedD to
r,aL,a then, under weight and Of inferior
o,.nass
rrI,r1s TO- o,,o o,,,,,i,iss =, ss-csn,
"a "a -, Ia ,;acss u,srs ,nanT,facturad
- G, aTcis.a ,ba forr,er contsinins
orI,, ,hou. 8 corts, worth Of tho preriouS
- - - 1,,,ar - carts. worth
TTt-.+. -. - a Lot ~ +hoss vera
-. - So-,,,,,,, 90 .i-cuI.,sd
80 oIIo,,iro. fcrn,ai d;niorna,ic nro-
-. -. 80 I-,is.-.., ,,,,,,ar,r1.r,
inc MORMON Do
The Mormons in Utah issued eagles,
b.If-essles and doubIe-eaples. which bore
=, o. oh,.ars, a., ava yri,t the Isssrd
..I,,i -. A., 80. :, TLa ,,,ss - /
-. -. ~, ,,a, ,,,,-i,,, p,,.
.S,s,s o,.a,,.I,aIr,- 80 -
tIis We l'.u,..- - 49, -, 60,
'o'e mn '''e - s-",.I ~ '''
cSiIis 10 an Gu" s .o r l., 49,
go, ~. o 10, e--;a- 49, - sr;.tI,,
IS'- tiia' - a 80. 49, .' ns,Iis
aIo.s a y -, - SaIIar
-, = - -.
o. orisnt ah1 IH tL..-n M ".
IN front oi niIII. as II iIU lil t :. g.
ursiy' ne stopPeu 70 pm II uPi put
VI pain II was
DoilaFs 90 MOI oIIen iaiI OUT OF 'ne shy.
More especially "heh theE are Huios
the phenomenon seems 10 demand eApla-
nation When inquiry IN TINS case was
made, 1t resulted IN the discovery that
the coin touno oS the Iet.er csr'i s
counterfeit ana tnat hdu uroppe9
out OF the WINDOW OF house o ,,c,,Ip
oy an INGENIOUS person naineI ~ H ..i.,
u haru' VINO was IuIiiiiI ne a ~" ~, -
on MS own account nc 80
49, 49, :, ~, r,,oISa5 IN tbs or5insry !
way. bu: struck with dies. and that each
one vas plated with about twenty cents
worth of silver.
The case was altogether extraordinary.
In the first place, highly skilled coun-
terfeiters almost never bother with the
imitation of coins. because the profit
is not large enough. Secondly. the idea
OF covering the pieces with a tnlch coat
OF the real metal was then entirely new:
and. thirdly. the design of the dollar
was so perfectly reproduced that the
copy could hardly be distinguished from
the original II was the finest coin
counterfeit ever turned out-practically
beyond detection. in fact. But for the
accident above related. Hard (who was
sent TO the penitentiary for term OF
years. might have continued to conduct
his private mint for an indefinite period,
unsupported.
An accident curiously similar. by the
way. happened in 1856. when a dwelling !.
in Williamsburg. y. Y, caught fire, and I
a mattress was thrown out of window.
breaking open and disclosing It's con- (
tents. I; was literally stuffed with |
which had been causing much anxiety :
to the government owing TO their irni- /
tative excellence. many Of them having 1
found their way into circulation
Changing Notes.
.,,, ..p...,. NJ,
--l' MAJ ..nIh,,.s ~ ,,,.a',,or 81
CdrtneH' - a''I .,.,1 't T- .,I 80
process ioI - - 49,.
riper Papei ,',Il. - ~ -s,,,,,.r-
Inen'' a. P'e 80 - -
Ietihs, IN IN'S - 10 Sc go Is A.i'u y. NJ
Ior pflntlrs =, anu - h h,'o, "p >, In
CaFtheS Mas,'su on 80 'I'e IiIN y "
oE Hethou tndt was slIlp1e IN ,ne
IRENE 'nous" IeluiiIhe ho' Ht'Is
terity. FIRST '"s oiii was pIuhseu 'n.o
sulphurlc aciu LOT Just d iploineh'' 70
loosen the INK. Whlch tnereupon way