Show HANDLED BILLIONS IN CON Nc New New- NewYork York Francis G G. G tey l Meyers Meyr r chief o of the coin division of the New NeY York treasury sub-treasury and a a. world-famous world expert on gold coins is dead of pneumonia at his home in Orange N. N J. J aged 53 58 years ears Mr Meyers has had the distinction o of handling handling- more gold and silver money than any other man In New York and probably more than any other man Inthe Inthe in inthe the world It would be impossible to determine exactly how much he had fingered but from rom accessible figures it was estimated d today that during the thelast thelast thelast last twelve h years ears of his connection with the treasury sub 28 ii In gold sold goldcoIn goldcoin coin had passed through hl his hands In fact every r dollar in gold that came In Inor Inor inor or went out of the New York sub- sub treasury was handled b by him person person- all ally Ih He was employee in the sub treasury sub treasur for tor or twenty three years and during that time it IL Is a approximated d. d he handled In gold old and silver mone money nd he ne never ner r made mistakes It was never necessary for Cor some one else to count in coins after ater him as his bis totals were always correct Neither was It necessary for any eny one to scrutinize scrutinize after arter him the coins that passed ass d through his hands in lU order to determine whether r there were an any counterfeits among them Th There r probably was never a b better expert than he said George W. W Marlor Mar Mar- lor br cashier of the sub It was Intuition with him He lie could t tell eli tella elia ll lla a bad coin the Instant he got It In his hand There was an indefinable something something some some- thing about bad pieces s which he could pot pol d describe but which he e could detect instantly He was as nearly Infallible in his hla specialty as an any human being could be When he had hael handled a lot lotof lotof of ot cold nold or silver coins colas there was waa no necessity of ot an any one else looking at them that passed him would not be discovered b by others He He- wa waborn was waD born to fill Hi the theer er very place he hl held and h he filled it as well as it possibly could bo be filled |