Show TIlE THE COUNTERFEITER CHEATS HIMSELF People sometimes work harder trying to Lo get set money dishonestly they would have to to set get It honestly and 0 oc occasionally n a person who tiles to cheat gets etH punished by finding that h imo lost mote thrum limn lie ho made b by It was the case with time tho man who made u a Spanish doubloon Time The doub loon is h a 11 gold coin colim was long In use In m Spain mind which at t different times limes varied In value from Elom 5 oj to about 16 Tho The actual value of or tills thin pai ono one would bo ime In ill gold about but tho tIme joke of or it in Its that the limo counterfeiter mode medo time tho coin out of ot pure platinum and only plated It with gold At the time time ho made It u few Cew uses Ulies for tor platinum 1 l L T known and the time metal wile worth less le s than gold old but now so much In demand Is la It H for tor electrical dental and ami other put pur purposes poses It In I actually more mol valuable than gold old Itself In fact this doub daub doubloon doubloon loon If sold for time tho platinum that is III in It would bring about 2 snore more oro than It woul 1 If It the time counterfeiter had mode made It of or gold for platinum today toda In Is worth almost fl 1 I a pennyweight This coin is lR such a curiosity that when It was put tip lip nt at auction In Philadelphia tho the other day a collector paid 60 00 0 for tor IU It This Timis Is one of ot time the very elY few tew cases known I In which a counterfoil has imas brought blou ht more than tho genuine coin would The Path Pathfinder finder |