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Almost as Newsworthy as George T. Morgan's Death

RKKayRKKay Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭
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While researching, I stumbled upon this important story in the February 1925 issue of the Numismatist. It was narrowly edged out by George T. Morgan's obituary.

Rick Kay
Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns

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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,532 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow, that's some serious monkey business.

    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Looking for Top Pop Mercury Dime Varieties & High Grade Mercury Dime Toners. :smile:
  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting - it seems banks here have been employing monkeys for much longer.

  • MaywoodMaywood Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So they threw away coins based solely on the bite marks of a monkey?? :o No wonder those Nations have been in turmoil for so long and gave rise to the term Third World!!

    "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Monkey bites as a counterfeit determinate.... Interesting. I wonder what the official alloy was that had a hardness to avoid dental marks. Cheers, RickO

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    my relitives worked for banksters for years >:)

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