Show VALUABLE ALUA LE COINS GONS S ARE VERY VERT SCARCE Collectors Find Difficulty inS in S Landing Big Premiums S For Treasures GIRL ON SILVER DOLLAR Iii Philadelphia I i Ii Maiden l ii Po cd ns us lS Mode For time tho th t y yI I s. t Coin Cohn collecting for Cor historical purposes put pur poses POSOS 01 or personal persona interest is a pleasant pastime but Indulging tho ho Idea Idea of or plo profiting tn b by premiums on un coins is waste of or time the Some Seine persons seem to think that the he government pays a n premium on certain coins coln This of course Is The fhe coins on which coin dealers pay lay a premium are arc comparatively com coin few Cew and the lie premiums In Inmost Inmost inmost most cases cass arc are vel very smal small If IC r the he premium is considerable the thc coins are mo so scarce that not ono one person In Ina Ina ina a million sc sees one In a lifetime Many persons on think that any coin which has a little age ase being perhaps a fow ow years CaS older nimbi than themselves Is valuable alu able on omi 01 account of its Is age ale merel merely This ThiN also Is IN absurd There arc ninny many coins chums in existence from a hundred t to two or em three eil years ars old that hint are arc only worth thou their weight ht as old gold or O sl cl silver Coin dealers bu buy all al kinds of oC coins but htmL they do O not nol pay paS paSa paya a premium on eer every old olt or curious coin Because a a coin I is old olI or 01 because because because be be- cause Its Us owner has never seen een one like Jc ft t is no sure suro sign that It U is a rare coin Neither Metal Ial Nor 0 J Age Je e Fixes Price The rho prices pal paid by coin dealers Co tot for I really raly rare re coins depend CIen on their state of preservation anti and the number of oC a certain issue lue In existence Neither t c metal out of oC which the lie coin Is made nor not Its Is age has an anything to do with the thc prices paid A copper coin ml might ht b be worth man ninny many times as much muchas as aN a gold coin of the thc same date atc because be lie- cause cue of of- the extreme rarity of or the former ormel A coin Issued only emily a few Cow years cars ago ago may tot for peculiar reasons I be worth more than one 2000 years old coins of certain dates command a large premium while others of exactly the same l kind anti and date but much worn would be lie worth only their face value Before and during the he Revolutionary Revolution cry ary war ivam the lie Spanish dollar dolar was the lie unit uni of American currency Spanish Spanish- American silver coins were ivero current in this hits country coulty during the lie first halt half of the nineteenth century and It I was a alon along along lon long time before out our OU decimal currency entirely supplanted the fractional Spanish coins coluM of C A 4 I 1 and 25 cents Many Inny old persons can remember ber bei bel when the Spanish real half c cpm cpm- ini- ini called caled bi bH of oC tip wain was wa in circulation also alo th the lie bit hit some some- times l' l called Id I levy V worth 1 12 2 cents cent or 01 eight to a dollar dolar When hen the lie tH AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican decimal coins came caine Into general circulation the dime and tho lie 1 12 4 12 I cent piece called I were caled respectively fl holt amid ii iii h II I I nt i nn lint t I f l i l ri R ri r li 1 l t hut the ivere were formerly ly very ery numer Otis OUs pus The They are arc still found occasionally In iii old hoards or Ol hurled burled treasures There ThI is IN no premium on any of them and they have haw no value except as old oll silver unless the he ow owner choose to tn attach a fictitious value to them a as pocket Coin collectors do ho not Ja pay haY S a premium tot for any of them Tho rie First Fitt t American Dollar Hola The he colna coinage c of the American AmerIan silver dollar was provided for rOl iii by hy an ami act acl of congress of oC April Apri 2 I 1792 in but hut the lie coin wa was sas not nol issued until two years later The rue silver dollar of f 1791 i 1 had lial for fOl Its Us devi device e a female head with wih loose tresses cs falling below the neck Liberty in il lar large e letters over the lie head and ant seven ven six pointed lx stars stai around the 17 1791 i. On Omi th the lie reverse e stile side was va an eagle with exten extended ed wings standing upon a n rock encircled by a laurel lauru wreath Since Sinco then thon the he ha has cr undergone ono several changes In de dc design ce- ce sign Ign devices and all Inscriptions bus The TIme principal changes have been In the he form tomm and ornamentation of or tho the fe female female fe- fe c- c male malo head representing Liberty and amid andin andin in iii the lie eagle The Thc chal change c was in iii 1795 when the thc loose tresses of or the thc female head were secure secured h by 13 a band the lie how bow being perceptible Ible on the he hack back of tho thui head and amid the lie hair hiatt hall flowIng flow flow- Ing big gracefully in iii ringlets below th Hid lower part of oC the lie bust hust The female he head on all al of the earl early dollars had hada a courageous delimit defiant delant look 1001 hardly hai l I sU suggestive Je l e of or modern femininity The main features of the lie dollar I underwent little chai change c In Iii 11 d design dolar front from 1 1793 3 to 1810 1840 when the lie Go Goddess des of or Liberty previously represented h by bya a female hu bust i. i Was represented as ns s a n length full lh seated supporting with wih her hel rl right t a a. a n shi shield held on which mehi h iii n in a a. I the Avas ost I t motto moHo Liberty and a c with 01 the lit left lef hand the lie pole iOle shim sur- 11 by liberty cap ap This was the lie t appearance of r th the lie liberty ca capr At sit this linn lle ah also the laurel wreath cath encircling the tho eagle e-agle was as represented as a holding in its H talons tho time arrows s Rno and laurel branch typical of r b both th war and amid peace Silver Si r dollars Wc were ivere coined every v r year yeam eal from rom to tn 1 iSO gO f 1 r. r ln imi inclusive luI Those bearing e two dates date are extremely rare and command command com coin mand a handsome premium l but looking look look- ing ilS for one- one of or them would be he about lt a. a us as hopeless as fB hunting huntIng- lot for In lii an Ind Indiana sand saud an bar rh flit Thc l' Ill I'll J I Dollar olm S A silver silvOr r dollar coined at an any anytime r prior riol to commands a premium of oC s r cents celts t tl tl i r ii according to Its IH date and anil aUl condition One of ISO I 1 is worth from fm to hi There Theme me are l Ulel ous dus us counterfeits of 1801 i follar dollars man many of oC them made mae b by altering tho lie fat date on u 1801 dollars Into The rue slightest l scratch about thC date of any coin I Is regarded l by hy coin dealers as a sure re fl sign n that lint It I is 18 if false Calc In Iii 1 on 31 31 silver dollars were vere coined These arc rare iare and anel command a premium From 1806 to 0 1835 Inclusive c no silver lver dollars olais olai's were coll coined d Silver coins of or smaller were ivere coined but hut no io J dollars There was none mione coined jn In ti 37 Of tho those c coined from fron li is-li to 1850 sonic some command u a small premium but the most mot atc are only worth their face face Tho Those e of 1851 and amid ant 1852 arc are very rare ran The rhe In iii God we WO trust was wa fit st placed on the thc silver 81 dollar lollar dolar In iii ome were wun coined early ally In that year nr without the Inscription and amid these It If in iii good condition mt a n premium of ot 2 above their face value It I seems rather odd that a silver dollar dol dol- hol- hol lat lar without any tny expression of or tr trust sl In Iii God should command a n premium while millions milons and amid millions bt tho the pious inscription should h bo he horth worth orth only their th ei face ace value and amid they would iiO not lt h be hO o tl ih lint t 1 If if- tho th United 1 Slates Status go government government- were wr not their l' l redeemer The rue coinage of ot sliver silver cr 1 dollars was discontinued In 1873 and resumed In iii 11 1878 noun Hunn coined between these dal dates 1878 there thIc Inv have been hn coined The hc dollar now I in iii II circulation originally known aNI as aN I 1 the th Bland dollar after arel the author of the lie Bland silver 1 bill bil waa nn timid and I first Issued In Iii 1 1878 SiS There I Is a hit of history connected lie HIP l Examination Ex x will wi show that lint th the he face and head haf representing Liberty has hus none of the hip characteristics characteristics' U usually pertain pertain- I lo to the lie alleged goddess is It big ing tf the nor u n strictly cla classical face It looks more alum like Ikc the lie face of or a n handsome modern American woman and that lint Is Js Just what whal It I I Is The rho designer of 0 lie mint In II 1878 was ins an NI Englishman named S George e r T. Morgan n. n hen he first un undertook the olk work work-of ot oC d designing a I ew pew sliver cl 1 dollar hl his lt was to make a head of or a n Goddess of or Liberty which would be pl pleasing in imi appearance and amid yet have ha e no real sl significance He lie He made malle two designs of or this kind but neither of oC them pleased ed him S Then he decided that lint tho the hc head l should bo be the representation of uL sonic some 11 1 living Amel American cnn glut girl d dho who ho should sit while time the artist sketched lieu her es hut But BU where to lo find the lie girl was wa a puzzling flux flux- S question Mr h Morgan an examined the lie faces of a number of or professional models but found round none nomie to suit sull hInt him Then he lie visited the tI-me Womans Woman's School of Design I an and amid examined tho the sketches and casts there h but t without success Finally he lie consulted a n friend living in iii Philadelphia who undertook to help help- him hint This friend brought hl about a meeting between Mr MII Morgan lorgan al and Miss Mis Anna V AV Williams of Philadelphia Philadel phia phila who finally consented to lo sit sl Co for forlie forthe l' l the lie the artist artst who declared her hem profile the he most niost cl classically perfect he had ever er e seen Sho She was a blonde and amid of oC very vcr fall fair Cal complexion slightly below the lie n ern average li height ht a and auth 11 of good Ue 1 figure Silo She was wa r a averse c lo to nolor notoriety ot and only consented to sit si at at tho lie earnest request of the artist artst Sho She gave h e four out Ou or 01 live five E sittings i t 1118 J it 1st Jl ii eil lt 1 li Liberty's I lah Hair III ii It I Was nas a n question for Cor some time as asto asto to 0 what Cot ni the Iho he head d and auth Its is ornamentation orna orna- should take lake but hut these details de ule- tails ails wore left let entirely to tho tue artist artst It I will wil be noticed that lint he lie preserved the main features of the lie former Goddess of Liberty Including a little liberty cap set gracefully on the head the he the hair hah banded with wIh a knot behind and nuil falling n iii wavy tresses on the neck I These accessories were the tho work worl of the lie artist artst but hut the thc face ace was that of Miss Mis Williams and her Grecian nose and delicate lips were preserved to perfection as us well as her lieu generally pure and lofty lory expression lon It I Is not knon kno n a whether she received an any compensation com coin COI- COI for her hel sittings or 1 not Later when it became known that lint she had hial posed for Cor the head she shrank from rein th the prominence Into Inlo which she was blou brought ht A tow fow years al later latel she was appointed by the Philadelphia Board d of oC a as t an instructor of or philosophy phi phi- lo and methods of oC kindergarten training In the public schools of oC that thal cl city Her face has ha appeared on omi 01 er e every silver dollar hollar dolar that lint has been coined since an and has probably been gazed on with wih th varying emotions b by more persons per pel sons than that hint of any other woman that hat ever lived except perhaps Queen n Victoria on 01 British coins and amid the lie Goddess GoOe s o of Liberty herself There Thero is isho ho 10 no premium on an any silver dollar coined since Ince 1878 and amid probably never will vill wi be lC as so many havo o been coined that hint th y hc-y never nC can cami become rare rai e. rale Indian Indianapolis apolis News |