Show COINS OF LITTLE USE the gold cold dollar fail NO 0 o utility the iho three earit alere si i rit ri ed it lur purpose pose to one who hah bas nut not the subject thought though it 11 wa would acm thal the 1111 most useless coins coin ever issued by the united states th silver liver three cent pieces they were small a as thin as ii a sheet ol of manilla anilla in paper anil and before they finally disappeared from circulation they came to be regarded as nuisances although there is much to be said against the annoying liti litile Is coins says the new york llewel lle rall they were as a matter of fact ol of f far ar greater utility as far as circulation s than another coin this Thi is the gold dollar which experts at the sub i b treasury say has never served any ii adul eaul purpose sail said maurice 1 cashier of the alie sub treasury irom from the mutilated condition of the gold dollars t crit here for redemption it is positively shown that the public do not regard them its as coins their only use appears to lie be for bangles necklaces watch charms scarf pins and alie like it is doubtful it one in a thousand ever really pas passed ed in circulation with Wit lithe the three cent piece it was different when first coined the country had nothing in the shape of a coin between the fluge luige copper cents and half cents and the silver half dime the small coin was hailed as a bley sinZ and became popular at once there was an excellent reason for its issue also stra strange u is as it may seem it was not provided for by a coinage act but by an act revising the rates this law lowered the cost for transmitting the unit of weight for letters from five to three cents it 11 was deemed advisable adlisa blo by congress thereupon to issue a coin of corresponding denomination the coin was of great utility and circulated freely until the advent of chenich the nickel cl |