OLD MONEY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 414, 21 April 1904, Page 6

OLD MONEY.

Haar«eA Bill, and SfnoofJ,.;^!**j* Tato Circulation at the faw- * "" . *«e'm*rlean Fair.

There are more rocreed ol,] bank l»»ife. gewerwnent *o*es nndv ancient r •Jher coin that bare been put into «ircit!ation.-in^Builalo ; r.uring- the PanAinerican exposition than have bee* - ecen for a quarter of a cenutryaaays < the New York Times.* *& %»r*her 0 , ail-r the found, raanj^sashiera ;i , ** of shows and" other places' who could i tr"« •■ explanations. One money taker ; - ' €jf-u*:;;Aln-ny* performance said: "It's •imp!: enough. Farmers from the'' • ir.tv.-i: rof New York state, Pennsyl- '' fju: ':•. and Ohio hare-been attracted to the exr.-sitiOEß because they could :y eee a bljj. show cheap. .-They^-tak« tht'.r- hj« -ird of old silver coins and'' rn'.all.ibilfa!, whieh hnve been out ofw cfrepHtiqnnnd in tbeffitadkings and e teapots for years, and_ turn_.th.em "'"'loose There.. Tt.,isr f h»rd .on the city f, -fdrk.-; b'.rt the farmers would be in•ulitii if their old coin." Xifiixhiit said: ' . "There - aae of -i Germans . who.reme to this country: and work'led feaid for saving ,the4r small v rhcr.;.:. They come-here and. spend and quarters saved on the fanrHr.y :f they were five-doßer bills." Another shrewd observer said: * _ m Tqu saer-ikwm «w -thowsands—of people who j come toj the exposition who do not. fuUy-know the value of coins. Many are Trrakinjr Hi -a- bn'Srhess to" collect;" ell the would be refused in New York and send it here to o# M's«fie "-nayseeda; and foreignetttir:£*w|r*d coins whicH 7»onid be, »refusedijuv. **ew ,Yqgk-»ndj J wfiicb Tjronld have, to be-sold for a] large discount "find. , their r way here a *nd pass at full face value. Then,' i •gain, there are many Canadian peo-j pie. battened Uni%d~£teteq ' of. .3t*m**mn aXfrtol*B*flJl%arret« , of this stateisMdrftyesryaoked to find! old bills fb "be put in eircu-: | letion during the exposition." wstoft Hon not to refuse 'bettered coin, b«~ ( e»uae.s,ia so,easy to paws the cash.drawer .to the. .next ua*a«pec ting visitor. j