Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1916 — NEW ISSUE OF SILVER COIN NOT YET READY [ARTICLE]

NEW ISSUE OF SILVER COIN NOT YET READY

New Coins Comply With National Law Which Says There Must Be Change Every 25 Years.

It will he some time yet before the new silver coin being issued by the government will be put in circulation. The delay, it is explained,' is caused by trouble in getting the dies to work properly. The dies were 1 made by outside parties, who are not as yet skilled in that class of work as the experienced employes of the treasury department. The new coin 3 consist of half dollars, quarters and dimes. .*»

There is a national law which requires that there shall be a change in the design of all silver coins every twenty-five years. In accordance with this rule there has 'been going on gradual preparations for the change, and the government is now ready to trade old coins for new. The new- half dollar- will have on

one side the Goddess of Liberty hol-1-ing a. bunch of olive branches with the-old legend, “In God We Trust,” above her—On the other side a spread eagle is posed on a rock, holding in its talone what the designers say is an oak twig. Over its head are the words, “United States of America,” at its feet “Half Dollar.” The quarters are more unique. On one side is the figure of a woman coming through a gate in a wall; on the other is an eagle in full flight. The new dimes will be quite different from the old ones. On one side there is a woman’s head, with “Liberty” above and the minting date below. On the other a bunch of rods and an axe bound together. Belo.v this is the motto: “E. Pluribus Unum.” .——