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The Lost Faiithixc. “Since the war. a halfpenny is not much superior in present purchasing power to the farthing of a dozen years ago. Tt remains more than over the poor man’s token (as it has always been since it fell, in tbe reign, of Janies 1., from its position as a silver coin), which is. perhaps, the reason why it is usually regarded with some affection, since when a man lias very little he is inclined to value what lie lias. A curious incident in the history of the coin was the issue of half-farthings in 1842 and for a year or so after. That seems to indicate an extraordinary tightening of the holt- among the poorer wage-earners, and may w*ell lie remembered as the token and symbol of the Hungry Forties.” * ‘Mnnchest er Guardian.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1927, Page 2
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140THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1927, Page 2
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