The Rejected Coin

Sometime ago a lot of cents were received at the treasury department for redemption. Among them was a coin which was rejected. A clerk redeemed it and gave it to a congressman of North Dakota, who sent it to the Smithsonian institute for identification. Later he received word that the coin belonged to the year A.D. 284 and was circulated in the time of the Emperor Diocletian. This valuable relic is now worth many times its weight in gold. (Encyclopedia of Illustrations #8847).