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Show WAS A BARE C0IK- But It Was Obtalnod In ft 7ery Cheap Way. A guest In the Grunowald lobby exhibited ex-hibited ncurlono coin. It was very thin, nnd, Instead of b?ing round, It had the slmpo of an elongated oval. The metal bore tbo nppoaranco of tarnished tar-nished sliver and was worn almost smooth, ns if from long handling. On one sldo wns a Btrangn looking head, surrounded by n partially effaced Inscription, in which tho words "United "Unit-ed Suites" wero dimly discernible, nnd the ruvcrso was orunuionted with somo sort of escutcheon. Nobody was nblc to offer n suggestion sugges-tion as to Its character until a brisk little gentleman in spectacles joined tho group, "That coin represents an experiment that was tried by tho United States of Colombia," ho said. "It was made In thut peculiar shapo to prevent confusion confu-sion with a piece of lower denomination, denomina-tion, but It didn't prove a success and was withdrawn, It's very rare of eourso but we numismatics mnko n point of keeping truck of all such little oddities. Where did you got It?" he added, addressing ad-dressing the owner. "1 don't remember exactly," replied tbo gentleman slowly. "It wns no evory ev-ory day 0 cent piece before I put It on tbo railroad track." New Orleans Times-Democrat. |