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Show The Columbian Half , Dollars. The Columbus souvenir half dollars are not medals or "tokens," but good money, and are legal tender to the amount of $10 in anyone payment There is a large demand for them. The coinage was as follows:' In 1892, 950,-000 950,-000 pieces, value $475,000; in 1893, 4,052,105 pieces, value $2,026,052. f ); total, 5,002,105 pieces, value $2,501,-052. $2,501,-052. 50. The coins now being issued by the treasury are of the 1893 coinage. The Columbian (or Isabella) quarter dollars coined under the law of March 3, 1892, are likewise a legal tender and redeemable. There were coined only 40,023 pieces, value $10,005.75. These were all issued to the board of lady managers and by them disposed of. The 1892 Columbian coins, being fewer in number, are more valuable as pocket pieces or to collectors than the 1893 coins. The former have all been disposed dispos-ed of. Chicago Herald. |
