FALSE COIN
(N Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY, July 13. ' Treasury officials in Sydney were alarmed today by the discovery of a counterfeit 50-cent coin. The fake coin is the first detected in Australia since the conversion to decimal currency. It was passed in a Randwick espresso bar on Monday night. The quality of the fake has given rise to fears that a highly organised counterfeiting gang could have flooded thousands more into circulation undetected. .
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31111, 14 July 1966, Page 15
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74FALSE COIN Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31111, 14 July 1966, Page 15
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