Show SWEDISH SPECIE pieces of money moncy weighing Wel shing ing four coundi a coin are sent to the woolda calr some curious copper pieces of money were received at tho the custom house recently for gustavus sternberg a swedish dealer in coins who intends to exhibit them at tile worlds fair the coins came from sweden where they circulated in the sixteenth century and bear more resemblance to pieces of boiler iron after an explosion than money j the coins are great flat pieces piece of al copper cut into squares the smallest coin is four inches square and worth thirty cents tile tho largest is over a foot square and with a face value of four dollars and weighs four pounds each slab of copper is stamped in several places with an inscription giving the date of its issue and its denomination these enormous and cumber cumbersome sonie coins were the result of a craze which prevailed several hundred years ago for J the exclusive uso use of copper for money in those days wealthy ladies were compelled to hire an attendant to a pany them to carry a basketful of the coppers while shopping |