Show FIND MAN 7 new yorks of them in 1901 in the minor coin division of tho united states in NOW york of pennies received d there in 1901 over HT W were ere coun conn lerfelt ter feit felt of the received in minor coins nickels 3 cent pieces and pennies 1331 were lit in counterfeit pieces although the baltimore has no record of tato amounts or of coins detected here because of vie the fact that the united states secret service men collect till nil of these coins from this pity city raid tako them to washington for experimental purposes and for the purpose of detecting whether or not any new counterfeits ter feits are being circulated j it Is ia known that but comparatively few spurious coins find their way into the local office of the treasury about pennies are handl ed cd by the local each year and of these a remarkably small percentage have been found to tb be of no value it was vas stated at tho yesterday that the principal trouble as far as counterfeits are concerned has been with nickels not more than about of these aro are received in a year and receipts of pennies have bave been proportionately less the man mail accustomed to the work spots a bad penny in the fraction ot 61 a second counting at a speed almost too fast for the untrained eye to follow lie he seldom if ever misses ono that is off color or that lacks tho the sharpness of outline in the nio modeling doling of a genuine one the expert however Is seldom ablo to tell you what aro are the things that mark for him a particular coin an spurious his senses aro so highly trained to the work that lie ho differentiates and chooses almost instinctively it is merely a matter of unremitting vigilance and long experience baltimore american |