In tho early part of the nineteenth century Louis,do Bourbon, King of Etruria, caused the coins; of tho country to be inscribed, "Videant; Pauperos et Laotentur." Tho translation'into English reads, "Lot the poor seo and rejoice." -■ Tho circulating of this coin-provoked ironical opposition from the . great masses of tho people. Then as now the poor 1 could not see wherein they should rejoice at tho mere sight of a coin,— i'Harper's .Weekly," New -.York, -
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 10
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74Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 10
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