Show i rI r I f r r J I. I l' l i ii i f I f. f P FACTS S' S ABOUT COINS I f MANY MISTAKEN IMPRESSIONS i. i to HELD BY THE PUBLIC Impossible to Test Genuineness by the thel t l Ring King Reeding Heeding Prevents J Any of the Metal Being i Scraped Off Olf I Many persons nave a mistaken idea about about throwing a coin to test its f r genuineness says Captain Tom Halls t of of the secret service In the Indianapolis Indiana Indiana- t ti i polls polis News Throwing a coin is not i an absolute test for the reason that thata C a great deal of our good money will j not ring at all while s some me of of the bad will There are several things i that will take the ring out of a genuine genuIne 1 ine coin oln One of these Is a possible i flaw In the metal It sometimes happens that in cutting cut cut- 9 F.- F. r ting out the disks of metal from I which the coins are made mad there will willbe k be a flaw or or a crack In the sheet If It lt f-lt i 7 this is true it matters not where the 1 flaw Is whether it be unseen or along i the edge where It may be discovered C tl by close Inspection it will destroy the ring of the piece This ring Is isby caused by the small crystals or 01 ore e globules on 00 the inside of the metal J i the vibrations of which cause the i r. r sound we so like to hear in our money money If there Is any flaw or small fissure fis Its W sure sare which destroys the connection I between these globules the ring willY will Y cease There are also other reasons r for a coins coin's losing Its sound Should a a quantity of coin be left In a safe f during a fire and become heated the iJ crystals will wUl melt and the rhythm will willbe willry ry r t be stopped A hearty blow on the 4 face of the coin will have the samer same J r t effect As Asis is known generally own our v coin t is not absolutely pure and does not nots' nots s' s contain the amount of or silver represented by It Should there be a dollars dollar's dol lars lar's worth of or sliver silver put in the stand standard ard and dollar would be almost as large again as it is now and most Inconvenient inconvenient Incon- Incon I to carry especially In a large f 1 Y J q quantity There are grains of sliver saver in our standard dollar which I Is per cent pure The rest Is alloy and is put in Into to to harden the coin 4 I The maul mars aroun around I the edge of t tbs tb j. coin called the reeding are put there f to keep persons from removing any of or the metal Should any attempt be beI made to scrape ot off the silver slIver it could t f J 5 be detected Immediately from the I i F r. r scarred reeding It will also be observed observed ob- ob f. f served that around the edge of a coinon coin coinon on both faces there Is a narrow t raised rim somewhat higher than the J engraving This is to protect the In Inscription In- In I. I J I from being destroyed by the t i friction or of of one coin on another The main mint of the United r States is In Philadelphia there being i 1 i branches at San Francisco New Orleans Or Or- e 1 leans and Denver the last having begun begun be- be f gun operations In February 1906 if There was formerly one at Carson t 5 City b hilt brit t that has been discontinued l J t By examining a coin and looking under the center of the wreath below below be be- low the eagle a small letter will be i J. J found which will be either 3 S S. S 0 O or D. D This letter indicates at which r j l' l mint the coin was 11 made a de Where When there is no such letter the COIn com Has fias been I C f F made at the main mint In P lIadel I. I I t A lA cent 50 coin of the present Issue 4 should weigh 1929 grains The i c l. l weight of a genuine cent 25 piece of tf th the present issue is 96 5 grains The Theto to I weight of our present dime is grains These coins are all of the same degree of fineness fineness per cent I pure Much care Is taken to o insure the accurate weight of a coin As soon goon as the disk is stamped from th the sheet of metal it passes through the thes hands bands of several experienced I i f Yom women en tf- tf s t r f who examine and weigh It Should f the disk be too heavy it is filed away h 7 until the required weight is reached By this detailed care the coins are kept from varying the slightest fraction fraction frac frac- tion from the standard |