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Show Is any band ful of ra;jcellneoui silter coins that one ga'hers in trading abcut town at least 25 per cant, ol the pieces have boles pierced through Ibem or are otherwise mutilated. muti-lated. It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless true, that it is an ofkntte punishable by imprisonment lor not more Iban two years, and by a fine cf not more Iban 2), lor a porsjQ to subtract a portion of tbe gold or sii?er from a coin of tbe United dtl?a eo as l') mate it of less weiiit or value than it ought to be. s.des beicg a statutory oflen, it is A mt.m thin? to mutiUte the coini, woetusr it be fur gain or other purpose, pur-pose, ae it destroys the beauty of tb:ir appearance. The frequency witii which one meets the silrer coins wilb bola puncbe'I in them lea-Is almost to the conclusion that somebody is trying to make moury j by this petty thieving. |