Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1909 — Youthful Counterfeiters Discovered at Mt. Ayr. [ARTICLE]

Youthful Counterfeiters Discovered at Mt. Ayr.

Mt. Ayr Pilot—Certain actions that have taken place here in the past few weeks have made known the fact that there was a band of youthful counterfeiters at work in this town. Their wdrk was limited to the manufacture of nickles, leastwise, no other piece of money made by them has been discovered. It is asserted that they made a mould from a genuine nickle and then used this mould to make nicklee of lead. Discovery of their actions is believed to have caused them to cease making the money. -