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    1. [INMONROE] Mutilated Coins Discounted by Government
    2. Constance Shotts via
    3. Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) Republican Progress, October 5, 1881, p. 3 Mutilated coin is now discounted as follows: Dollars, 65c; half dollars, 35c; quarters, 15c; dimes, 5c. This is the scale fixed 'tis said, by Government, and almost seems like stealing. Because a few rascally fellows have been punching out parts of the coins, innocent holders are required to lose on the coins they have taken at par value.

    07/30/2015 03:14:08