| Show Some fourDollar GoldPieces li Jlelknap ot Council lllufrs Ia Is the owner of one of the 4 gold pieces of 1S73 It la one of the kind refused nt the subtreasury nt Cincinnati recently re-cently being holly unknown to the ollicl there who declined to necept It even at Its bullion vlllue Helknap reeehed the coin In 1SSO from Col W r bnpp who was then reinsentlng the Ninth district Iu Congress The refusal re-fusal ot the In usury olllclals to accept ac-cept the coin Indicate that they are not 1oowake 1 numismatists for till coin Is I held nt much moro than It bullion value at Present Col Sapp had only two of these coins I and paid out both In 1SSO One win given to Helknap In payment for tailor work and tile other to R farm han Kipp explained tho history of the pieces nnl told the men their real Milue Only a few were coined and I only R moll number or the passel Into circulation The coin wait the result re-sult ot nn attempt made R number or year ago lu recognize the metric system sys-tem or weights and measures by pro vidlag R piece or value corresponding to the Flenh Orran 1Ioe and wo desIgned for International circulation The dIn was approved h 1 R earn saltless or Congress nod a bill Intro lured In the I louse proi ding for It netrl coin for International tove I The calls Is the 10 or a nickel rite Llber ty had In I turned tn the left on the obverse Ide with 1 > 79 below nnd II stern TuentyaPtsnercittruckeittlyin 1179pt he ulimlttid to the committee Tic bill for the Issue raUe to become a law and the coins are consequently pet legal l telldtrNew York Sun |
