The chronicle=news., 1914-01-13
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suoAeh at N~A ttatrns sh- cbt
srsAiied that h-s isthes. = ~nsiiss
espsais .aiiiss frosn ins rhin,sl-s
ssh xssh-sn's Head. iasa east sf she
roitexe city. the former h@ins r.ra.
tssiy believed io have b~~a ihS
Island han,- os Captain ki'ia. had
given u ia h-r. isiiiss h-s shs, as.
uncle. = TN sna male. shs hsa
shipf-si ana-r tamns-ios- i.es-y il
fns-ien srs.. hal sssaeh, IL hssn. 10
hina. The co,a ssoasns the -sst p.
haired little taay .nsseshiss over
ss."cc. Oa~ hy oa~. h-s- sas shsss
iAss dollar. hat- h~ss ri.hess nr.
uaiii probably = ansrs srnsia~s Asr
kho~h to ss,si.
HAT the, .,o~> nod pr-t-as PROD.
ably several hundred sfsens ,o,a
collector. throughout the suan's,
sru@ rsns,a'r .xhib.,ins Thss sh~s
hsmi, believe tn ~ xrhuis- iN"e
dollars. hrs ,h~, arc spurious. for
The eosa has 'ss-a s~r-ssi iin-s mos-
os lee. sar.~ ~sssuii snaassstsu.a.
''On- "f the hrss soani~rf-tss
kae~s NJ thts pies us. aha, hsiat
nra acsisasi~,i - . ssoalA~-i eo,s-
that -. Msn~ tsua nisssss ~ rSs,s
seossid. l.ik~ sit the mnniA~N es..sn.
i~sf~tis. II lacks the shssrly d'iiaess
line. of . ars.s-N' ~rii sns has The
sr-Ass feeling a. s'i moulded r,-e.s
.ia~ la = lack al pressure in ikr
making. Th~,c ~-s- sold hs mes
who Just sant-aci tn x-s them In
ehsasr' AMI. learning IL had som-
value rail~,i m tho collector Ia tia1
cut. The latter. unless an absolute
noSirr. quickly detected tho fraud.
.ad few urr" disposrd Of.
a iitti~ hit later. however. u,rNn-
rcrs Of tho i.,fpo aud Moseiia sanG
ot rouni~sf~ii-s in N~w fort. s~,-
CO OF saen,. 10y tho ~as. arc nov
doing fron, seventeen In thirty.fi,-
year. zach In = federal prison al A..
lanta. ia. for q dos~n .~ars of sue
ecsfuI coun'-rf",iins NJ current
American coin. conceived the tdca of
nuiiins out n bad 1894 dollar.
Mechanics ans cnrra,sr. i.upo
tho Wolf and Giuseppe Morciia had
in plenty. They oven had heavy
hy irauiic press. such as govern
,ncnis usc to make genuine pressed
coin. They had die sunk. hut hav'
ing no genuine 1904 dollar tn S'iioe
then. ~ model. used an OH s,lS-r
tioilar Of about that period. with the
Goddcs Of Liberty must. and indcnted
rims. without rccding or milling.
and dated 1904. All were aRcd hy
rubbing in sand.
Many of these were sk,i,Uliy
disposed Of to collectors. who. think
ing because there wcrc Of good all.
YER and triflc softer than the alloy
used today they were genuine. pur-
chased them Mt fancy priccs. Later.
when the collectors found them
selves victimizcd. few complained.
Later. when William j. Flynn.
now chief Of the tinted states So
crct service in aWihsgnton. aud ".
j. burns. then one " his operatives.
raidcd the coming place Of the l.nno
and Morclla gang In little rock
house near Highlands. n. ". they
found among other dies those Of the
'hnd' 1904 dollar.
Several other attempts have been
mnde from time to time to counter
felt tho 1904 dollar, hut all were
moulded and disposed Of at from
$40 to $40 each to men who knew
little Of coinage and only had heard
that an 1904 dollar was valuable.
Tie best of these moulded 1904 dol
lars was made Of antimony. glass
and block tin. had good ring, good
weight and fooled quite n few ANA
teur collectors"
A lot of people are spending st."o
to see the unclean plays. so that