Show MORMON ORMoN COINS ARE IN DEMAND Dies Are Now in Possession of Dr James E. E Talmage and andS S N New v e Coins May Be Struck t I Off ff to Satisfy Numismatists tha local eminent emi c Di DK James E. E Talmage nent geologist and curator of or the tho DesS Deseret Des Des- eret Museum who has ha Just returned S from an extended trip to New York S Philadelphia and other Eastern cities stated yesterday that he wa was much i. i S surprised at nt tho press dispatches which stated that tho the discovery discover had been Jeen made that the tho dies of or old chi Mormon colna coinage e had hall not been heen destroyed but ut were In itt his possession Coin collectors In New l York who wiio have ve made a specialty of old Mormon coinage have ha been under the thc Impression sion ston that th the die tIes for tor this tills coinage cl S he l been leen destroyed II some tt ago ngo O I and the this result has been that some of or 5 the coins commanded almost fabulous fl J. J 5 prices Dr T. T I L. L Comp Comparetti III director rector Philadelphia Philadel of or tho the United States mint at phia la was quoted as saying salnA that the dies have havo not been een destroyed but hut have passed out of or the pO possession of the S descendants of oC Dri Brigham ham Young YOUtH IntO Inter Ithe the hands of or Dr Talmage curator of or orI I the tIe Deseret Museum at Salt Snit Lak Lako We e have always known where these tiles have havu been heen said sUd Dr Talmage yes yes- S The They have ha been In private possession in Salt Lako for a number t of years oars Many coin collectors have ha been der desirous desirous de de- de- de r throughout hout tho the country countr r sirous of ot having somo sorno new sets sots of ot these old coins run oft off Inasmuch as asS the demand has been blen great Now It Is IR S evident that the superintendent of ot the tho thoo o mint Is In favor tor t or of ot a strike re-strike of these he be states In effect that old fold coins coitus as thero Is no legal obstacle In the wa way S. S 1 The dies are aiu r under tinder m my control as custodian but there has never ne been any Intention on nn n our part ot of having a re strike done coins referred to are arc ov I. Y Tho rho old Mormon of gold sold coinage and so few tow of them aro to to be found round In tho the country that c there thero Is II quite a II sentiment especially of or re- re among numismatists In favor a a. strike With no legal obstacle In tho the theS S 9 R h J thero there Is a probability that the theS S private persons who lo own the tho tiles dies and amI cuStodIan ma bo be prevailed pre pro 5 I tr Pr Dr Talmage Ao as may upon to hn have vo some new sets made nalO Dr reports ha having haing In had a afine fine trip East KasL Ho lie attended tho the fourth annual session of ot the tho American Association Asso Asso- of 01 Museums at Philadelphia Jr nr was re elected on the council of ot tho association for or a term torm of f three years Both as a a representative the tive of the tho Deseret Museum and as in- in member he lie has been associated asso asso- 1 from Its It chafed with tho the organization or Inception The next annual meeting will be held In Buffalo X N. Y In May MayS fa S or Juno of 1910 1 I A number of lectures were cre delivered by 11 l y Dr while awn away avay He lie spoke cm em matters pertaining to the tho Museum at ut Philadelphia and also gave an address at Lehigh university of ot which luich Institution he Is a graduate j |