COUNTERFEIT COINS
FGLIGE: CONCERNED
(Australian. .• Press Association),
SYDNEY,; .August, 22
The Sydney police have been concerned at The appearance f during, . .the ipagt few weeks o-f large numbers of counterfeit' coins of va.lT- denomination. The counterfeiters -responsible for making 1 and issuing the coins have evidently been influenced • by the knowledge that “mpie? i stedpfe~<lo.. iijftrscrUtifedse • small* silver coins in their change, although l hey examine, fl.oring and shillings Carefully. Detectiyes';?Ry; they believe thates°me ..pf . the’ more' badlyh- madc -coins’ .- were made .to defraud■ •laatqmatic... turnstiles. -■’Most: of i the.,.coins: are greasy, to the /touch, the milldng-fis/indistinct,.. ft n.d the stamping' on both -sides, is<very shallow.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 6
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106COUNTERFEIT COINS Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 6
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