COUNTERFEIT COINS
IN LARGE NUMBERS
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.'
CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 21
A. large number of counterfeit florins and ’ half crowns are reports’ to be in circulation in Christchurch. Tbe bad coins were first detected some weeks ago, hut during the pas l few days, the banks have been offered larger numbers. Probably this is duo to an increased issue of them during Carnival Week.
The 1 half crowns are dated 19.19 and the florins 1916. They are lighter and brighter than the genuine coins. r !he milling and lettering are not quite perfect; but the coins are so good imitations that many may he passed even after a warning.. • ' ’ 1
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19291122.2.24
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1929, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
111COUNTERFEIT COINS Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1929, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in