The chronicle=news., 1914-01-13
1904 DOLLAR IS
INDEBTED TO
BEO0U|NS

MissssI-o,is. Nisa,. Jss. Ia. -
More mssh. and fever ssss. ns,e
hs-s pris,sd ami told of the i."t
American aoiisr than al asy other
soih ever sssa. saN. The ~idos. mite
shd th1 hc.aah SILVER sisee osass.a
b. ceAssr Tor Cleopatra jass aRss
tie fsiao,,. x~asfsi returned ai,.s
his conquest et the inS sains hosts
al Essr,. and saa~~ cir ais,iss sAs
iiai'-., 4" = hundred pi-0ss. a~sos.i-
ing q" = namasassoiasi.i ha nak-s
nakss his hnu,e in Minneapolis.
To commence vita. said ihis
ssud@s' Of the sasid's saisss-. an-s
reading Of the issi dollar said To
| have hsen ioaaa ~ Ns~ itsssn.
soan.. last week asa sais.@a ~ So
soc. '',kSs~ - sa Ansss~As dollar
worth nos~ lhas lhs lS.i cellar
that Of 1855, Nos~ iodas are rsovn
Ana snnes eois eo,sesnss sss~esii,
il is b~ii~s I'd that soae sssssss Va
Il ID ~ esfseisi tart issii nisrs
ai~s vss~ ssae. saA sax 'ssunfs' ss|
lhey arr saii~d. impses~~d b~swe~e
the als- aas sr~-isas hahs At shs
tnil-d xlsl-s mini in thiiAas,rhiss
fias snarr-.~ failed ,s nsosia~ fse .
dollar sain.sr that Ss,'. and nns-
&C. nsfisiai,, sssas: Wha, i.-~Ams
of sh~ .i> psunfs' sos~ Anoss. hut
IL is ssassaiiy .apnnsra sn-y ~~sr
thrown b2eb ists the -raeinI~s os
in- mint. ss-i.ed and s-nas-,i ssAin
into tho smaller eusaAA~ of that
yeaf. Just ny sos,e time aad s-- II
ynu sss Pick Or . silver half dollar
al 1888 May ~sse made. ha, sh-s
sse 'ar~ to-day.
st,as as tho i<"s dollar. ~osts
TO-DAY whatever the hsdss shos~~s
In ask for u. Asa ~ssh msnT ras-
ehas-s. 10 the massss. s,rane- As .;!
ms, .Sra,. osrs &A.ass wes- snsasa
oa,. Th- reason At ss~ss s'ssvry
il that In .alisc ss;spul os~r Ia the
raymss,-s os the tai,ea &,s's. fises
os ihs-- s,~a.ot-wsr. thss isias Oft
Tfipaii. oa the Asssesa et,ssi. Tss
ssiioss ~ha got thea - ras 'sFs'~i
them ashas~ and IL u isossn' al
ese traded 10 The sst,ses TOR sara
sappls~s ss vsss oassioahSs. 0w~h
a.,~s n. fashion al m~s.of- ~ass |
n~a -ssn to The pr->~h' asf,
''colus Of ,hsi sire -F~r~ n~A 4"
tho a~ori. of isai issassy aaa say.
ss .aua'rf. for aoshinr ',~r '~aeass
i, .S.ras q f~~ t:hxfi.h silver pieces.
aad t:nsisna .oiaed so,.ins ~ lasse |
.. o,ir dollar. 4. = result Of thts
trading tho dollar. s~r~ scattered !
among the isib~smrn from Tunts 80
Esyp ,rd f.uni their way ultimate.
Is into tho hands Of tho little hands!
of wandering Is~udoin. mstias their
homes in the oss~s n tho Sahara.
As d, circulating medium to thess
rover. of tho desert the dnliar tran
I'd by the nii~i States Jackie ma"
little or M value. hat u. ;h~ hasts
Of the manufacture Of silver i-~'iry
tho dark skinned .oa. of kano aad
Wadai har,-rcd for them wherever
found. for thry knew no silver Of
tnat sire.
Ono Of the few now cxis,iux Of
IN. genuine ls"t dollars. rcmembcr-
Ing that many spuriou. exist. was
found hanging to an :.sr,ict Of dos
or, chief a, the Ghadamcs tribe.
which makc., Its home in the oases
that hear lite name. II had drsccnd-
ea from father to sor and In now
CT. ot the prizes of the famous coll
lection Of tac bank. brothers. the
coin collectors nj Hos'on. II co-t
the brothers $1,000. and was pur-
chased by them forty-odd years ago.
Coin collectors generally believe
all hut probably dozen or 20 were
traded to the African natives along
the cas-, coas, and made hy them
into ornaments for personal ndorn-
mcni. much after tho fashion Of the
Navajcs and Puehios of our own
day. The fcw not thus DESTROYED
are thought to have been brought
home In the di'ty bags OF some HON.
ward bound mcn-of-wars'mtn and
preserved a. pocket rieces. gradual
~ TO he discovered and sold at fao-
u,ons prices to collectors.
1T ~ not 80 strange went on
the coin enthusiast. that THIS oo'-
lar should have bccn found In New
! Haven. Conn. for. II genuine. TINS
: is tho second ISot dollar the iittle |
City Of tho Elms has uncar'hed. Thcl
most pcrfect 1904 dollar known il in