Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-04 | Page 28 | Corner in Three-Cent Pieces

CORNER R IX IS l PIECES The Tho disappearance of the piece has for tor sears jeara been a matter of or mild speculation Few Fow rG are arc aware that thata a largo larco proportion of or tho the coins of this denomination which remained In bt circulation circulation circulation tion the government stopped slopped ing them are aro peacefully slumbering In sundry large ergo fat canvas camall baRS bags In the tho 4 e N C yN vaults s of a 1 certain electrical manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing turing company of or Chicago They The are aro I not 11 for f sale Just yet rel gl cons Each n of the coins O is at of or petty pett larceny Years ago oJo the company equipped ninny many man telephone pay pa with dime clime riot lot machines It was supposed that they thoy tho could be worked only onh with dimes The nt pieces were Vero becoming rare and no I thought was taken of or them Hardly Ilardi six months month passed before ono eon of the telephone discovered that the tho collectors were yielding a 11 of or pieces Then from nil all allover over ocr tho country came similar com complaints complaInts complaints plaints Each company forwarded the pieces to the manufacturing company and more moro 01 Ol ev lest politely thAt a log InA number of o limbs illmon lI or n a check for an nn equivalent amount be sent back b biu 1 he l In ex CN exchange change A 1 council was at tho office or lr the tile company llIn cf C chat lt t of or correcting the tho boxes was w Ic compared with I fairly trustworthy Information of ot tho the number of scent pieces In circulation It ta a Was Ii In Inor I favor or of af the 3 I cents and It was wan decided to accept pt the tho as Gradually the thc I II of pieces narrowed td down do to an Intermittent OUr ur rent The company seemed to Lave have hll 0 about till oil the th pieces It Is said Bald that If ever cr the tho premium on pieces 11 ROOK goes OOM high enough tho the coins will bo be offered to collectors fit ut prices based ballod upon time tho Lh original cost COlt to Lo tho the I company plus 6 B per por cent n a l year plus coat co t of ot storage plus cost ost rOlt of guarding J plus cost of or carrying tint the fund timid upon ill th thI the books Long ago aKO tho the slot machines that collected them were ele relegated to 10 the I scrap heap hC Now York Sun