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Show H In 1 1 1 f Hollar Waa (lias. A striking illustration of tho quantity of bogus coins now in circulation in thit city wfis given in a downtown store recently. re-cently. A customer who had made a small purchase tendered a fifty cenl piece in payment. Tho clerk pushed if back across the counter and shook bif head. "That half dollar's a little toe new," he remarked. "What do you mean?" demanded the customer. "I'D show you," replied the clerk, picking Uj the coin and then letting it fall stiarplj on the connter. The shock caused the counterfeit to fly into fragments. It waj a glittering sham composed of glass, with a thin veneer of metal. There seems to bo good reason for thinking that a gang of counterfeiters and tbeii accomplices are working Chicago. An astonishing quantity of bad coins is now out among citizens, and apparently its volume is increasing rapidly. Chicago News. |