Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-07

but are not honored nowS
The coin bears exactly the same
markings as other Mexican dol
lars issued at that time. with the
exception the word Liberty" IS re-
placed with "Zapata".
An 1918 coin. large. heavy. bear
ing the British coat of arms.
brought forth the comment that
1T was minted the year before the
first steamship crossed the At
lantic." This was the Savannah.
which went from New York to Sa-
vannah. and thence to Liverpool.
In bad weather, the paddle wheels
we're unshipped and slowed away
on deck. and sails were used in
stead.
Around 1860. a series OF pennies
were issued. Mr.. Tips has sew
eral Of the coins. One was minted
in 1853. and Is almost bare of let
tering. II has a design of a flying
eagle. Still another penny, dated
ls6'. had a design of a boat with
the word Union, and on the
other side. the two words In large
capitals. Our Navy A third coin.
made during the Civil War, has
the words Union Forever" and
shows a man on horseback hold
ing a sword in his hand. He has
many others.
An 1883 penny bears no resem-
blance TO the present coin OF this
denomination. One in the Mata-
narr0c r,ansr ~nucnrrsn- a. fa~~a I
about the size Of a fifty-oent piece
and heavy.
All Nations Represented
But the old coins are not ccnfin-
Cd 10 United States. MeAlcJ. Spain.
France. They represent practically
every country in the MnrId.
There Is n dated 1897. from
Italy. on the diverse side ii has
a picture Of Umoerto /, WITH flow
ing moustaches. and on the reverse
sioe has the Italian coat Of arms.
A Bolivian coin, mlnted in 1857
BOLIVIA was founded IL 1925 and
named after Bolivar, the great
South American idol has the le-
gend "Libre Por La Constitution
and on the head has a design Of a
two-headed swan undsr a large
palm tree.
A German coin bears the most
complicated coat Of arms of any In
the collection. 1t Is dated 1880, the
year of the French revolution, and
the Orleanist succession. The worlds
inst railway was opened during
this year. between Liverpool and
Manchester. England. The lettering
on this old German coin. over a
hundred years old, is as follows:
"Friedr. Wilhelm III, kocnig ".
PreuSsen."
Older still is a German penny,
dated 1916. The design on the OBJ
verse side shows a two-neaded
eagle in a scroll.
From France comes a coin dated
1853, with Nap. III, Emperor. En-
pire F~rancais.'
An old Chinese coin with a square
hole in the center is one of the
unusual pieces Of the collection. IT
is very cid. but the Chinese figures
could not be read.
The smallest piece OF none In
the collection Is from Guatemala.
1t was made in 1890. and Is about
the size of a button on a man
.h.rt. TIE lettering Is almost too
sr.fl snd fine 10 read. II Is valued
1t a fourth Of a real, or about three
cents.
Largest and Smallest
The larre<t rn,oer se fror- r,,r-
STA. dated 1882. 1t is very simple.
with the picture Of a two-headed
eagle on one side, and merely two
Russian symbols on the other.
An 1854 coin has the following
legend: "Frederigus VII D. G.. Da-
nias-V. @. Rex" On the reverse
side IL has = R~igsdaier".
An 1927 peseta, issued by the Re-
public Of Mexico a hundred and
four years ago, is patterned after
the French coins OF that period.
On the picture Of a PEASANTS cap
such as worn by the French at that
time is the word Ley.
An English coin, 1916. the year
after Napoleon returned from Eliza
to France. has a picture Of George
III and the English coat Of arms.
Although the majority OF the
coins have designs Of some kind or
other on both diverse and reverse
sides. there is one United States
penny dated 1872 which is almost
covered with lettering on the re-
verse side. The lettering is close to-
sether. and covers the coin from
top to bottom, side to side.
Among the most interesting Of the
coins are many issued before the
Civil War in the United States
which have no monetary value. but
were Issued and circulated around
BY presidential candidates. reform
ers and others.