Rare Old Coin

Samuel Hand, grandfather of our fellow-citizen of the same name, died in New Lebanon, N. Y. , sixty odd years ago. He was wealthy, but of a miserly disposition, or at least hoarded all the money he could obtain, hiding it in his cellar, where his heirs found about $100,000 in gold and silver coin at the time of his death. The old gentleman became a miser because of the difñculty he had to recover a debt of $3,000 loaned to Gen. Ethan Allen shortly before the hero of Ticonderoga died, nd only received for his loan a lot f land on the Green mountains 'hich was of little value. Of this, he laid a deed to 100 acres, with a $10 piece in the eradle of the infant bamuel 77 years ago. Around the framework thus ketched might be built an interestng narrative, but such is not the Sentinel's present object. Reading of the coins recently oken of by this paper, Mr. Hand was led to cali and teil of a faraily ceepsake in his possession, a s'ilver coin of 1796, as bright and as good as new, a part of the forune dug from his grandfather's cellar. One of the earliest pieces of United States mintage, it does not bear any denominational mark. The coin is not for sale at any price, although there is no doubt that it Dosseses considerable valué as a curiosity. Mr. Hand states that members ol the family in the east have many of the coins found in the oíd man's cellar.