Show COIN WITH HISTORY AND OTHER THINGS NEW YORK Oct 0 13 C. 6 C. C F. F Eng Eng- j I I strom of Jersey City coin com collector an and I antiquarian has bas in his possession one of j tho the four largest coins in the tho world worM Mr r. r En Engstrom's Engstrom a 8 coin com was mint minted cd in in 1 16 1039 1659 and bears bear the imprint of Charles I X of Sweden Tho The com COlD is of bronze obling 20 0 inches long lont by 13 inches wide on and weighs w thirty ono pounds It is is stamped in tho the middle and at the tho four corners with mth tho the royal stamp of K King n Charles Charls but hut is otherwise a as plain ns as a 1 slab of slate late In the year rear 1659 mone money was not in in free circulation in Swe Sweden cn fh The ordinary I nary citizen used to pay mo most t of or his biB bills in farm produce and la labor or and I j those P. P who had mODO money used usel to keep it I in their cellars in largo slices Enterprising Enter Eater j bur burglars lars wore unable to do a in thriving business s at the tho time The average average aver aver- age mans man's money was s safe fo from all aU but professional strong men In 1661 Sweden was at war with Rus Rus- sia The Tho Russians scuttled a n Swedish warship in Riga harbor In 1001 1901 Riga harbor was dredged reel d b bv by tho the BusSian Bus Rus Hussian Russian sian government and the ship snip raised The fhe four big bronze coins were aboard I Two am are ro still in in l Russia and one in Eng Eng- 1 j l land The Tho fourth carno caino hero here to Mr r. r En Engstrom Eng Bug strom on tho the Adriatic last Thursday On its face tho the coin is worth eight Swedish at tho the rate of the exchange ex ex- change in 1089 1699 As an antique it is is worth |