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The Conceited Coins

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 12, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 11.

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The Conceited Coins

By Priscilla Leonard

“I’m just as good as silver!” The Nickel proudly cried; “The head of Madam Liberty Is stamped upon my side. I am as white and shining As any dime can be— He needn’t put on any airs, I’m twice as thick as he!”
“I’m every bit as good as gold!” The Penny blustered loud; “That tiny, thin gold dollar— He needn’t feel so proud; For all his airs and graces I do not give a fig; I’m burnished just as bright as he, And half again as big!”
But when the Cent and Nickel Went out upon their way, Alas! the world still held them cheap, Whatever they might say. The Double Eagle smiled. “You’ll find,” He said, “that par is par; It doesn’t matter how you boast, But what you really are!”
— Priscilla Leonard, in the Outlook.