Show J I I I FACTS ABOUT COINS MANY MISTAKEN IMPRESSIONS HELD BY THE PUBLIC Impossible to Test Genuineness by the Ring Reeding Prevents Any of the Metal Being Scraped Off Many persona have a mistaken Idea about throwing a coin to test Its genuineness says Captain Tom Halls of limo secret service In the Indiana polls News Throwing a coin Is not an absolute test for the reason that a great deal of our good money will not ring at all whllo some of the bad will Thero arc several things that will take the ring out of a genuine genu-ine coin Ono of these Is a possible flaw In tho metal It sometimes happens that In cutting cut-ting out the disks ot metal from which tho coins are made lhoro will bo a flaw or a crack In tho shoot If this Is true It matters not where the flaw in whether It he unseen or along tho edge where It may bo discovered by close Inspection It will destroy tho ring of the ploco This rlnr Is caused by tho small crystals or globules on tho Insldo of the motel tho vlhratlons of which cause the round we so like to hear In our money If thero Is any flaw or small fin suro which destroys tho connection between these globules tho ring will ceaso Thero arc also other reasons for a coins losing Its sound Should a quantity of coin bo left In a sate during a fire and become heated the crystals will molt and tho rhythm will ho stopped A hearty blow on the taco of tho coin will have tho same effect As Is gonerally known our coin Is not absolutely pure and does not contain tho amount of silver represented repre-sented by It Should there bo a dollars dol-lars worth of silver put In the standard stand-ard dollar It would bo almost as largo again as It Is now and most Inconvenient Incon-venient to carry especially in n largo quantity Thero are 4125 grains of silver In our standard dollar which Is 900 per cent pare Tho rest Is alloy and Is put In to harden tho coin Tho marks around tho edge of tin coin called the reeding aro put thero to keep persons from removing any of tho metal Should any attempt be mado to scrape off tho silver It could bo detected Immediately from the scarred needing It will also be observed ob-served that around tile edge of a coin on both faces thoro Is a narrow raised rim somewhat higher than the engraving This Is to protect tho Inscription In-scription from being destroyed by tho friction of ono coin on another Tho main mint of tho United States Is In Philadelphia thero being branches nt San Francisco New Orleans Or-leans and Denver the last having began be-gan operations In February 190C There was formerly ono at Carson City but that has boon discontinued By examining a coin and looking under the center of tho wreath below be-low tho eagle a small letter will bo found which will bo either S 0 or D This letter Indicates at which mint tho coin was Trade Whore hero Is no such letter tho corn fins been made at tho main mint In Philadelphia Philadel-phia A GOcent coin of tho present issue should weigh 1929 grains Tho weight of n genuine 25cent piece ol tho present Issue Is 9045 grains The weight of our present dime Is I 385S ginlns Theso coins aro nil of tho Bamo degree of fineness 900 per cent pure Much care Is taken to Insure tho accurate weight of a coin As soon as tho disk Is stamped from the shoot of metal It passes through the hands of several experienced women who examine and weigh It Should tho disk ho too heavy It Is filed away until tho required weight Is reached By this detailed caro tho coins are kept from varying tho slightest traction trac-tion from tho standard |