Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — Numismatic Curio. [ARTICLE]

Numismatic Curio.

George Russell, of Raywick, Ky., has an Irish shilling which is probably one of the first issues of thatcoin. It is a family heirloom that has been bequeathed to the oldest son in his family through successive generations. It is silver and about the size of our twenty-five cent currency. Mr. Russell has bequeathed it to his son, Kelly Russell, with its tradition. Schnapser (School Commissioner) —Us I buy meinselluf dree kegs of beer effery day vot vill I has at der endt of one year? Scholar—De kegs.