Show COUNTERFEIT HALF DOLLARS Bingham Flooded Fl oded With Spurious Sil Silver Silver Silver ver Coins Handy Money to Play Faro Fan With Special to The Herald Bingham May Ma 14 Bingham is being flooded with counterfeit silver lars and dollars and so numerous have haye havethe havethe the spurious pieces become during recent weeks that they th y are passing with almost the same readiness as the genuine The authorities believe that the clever imitators are re among the Italians work ing in the mines of this district as of or all the foreigners represented In Bingham they are believed to be the most adept at making and passing bad money The counterfeits are well made and are aregood aregood good imitations of ot the genuine silver pieces The impressions are almost per and the edges milled like coins They are slightly darker than silver pieces probably as a result of or the use of lead and the most distinguishing fault is In their lightness when compared with the genuine Bingham affords an excellent field for the counterfeiters who find it corn para easy to get their money mone into cir circulation circulation owing to the large number of or faro tables and roulette wheels in con constant constant constant stant operation The spurious coins when tossed the cushioned upon tables are practically sure to pass and the absence of the ring which distinguishes the genuine cannot be noticed Moreover the avidity of a Bingham dealer to stack all offerings In the bank rolls roIls preclude the possibility of microscopic examinations of coins but the counterfeiters are be beginning beginning beginning ginning to discover that they the cant beat beata a Bingham game even with money of their own on make i |