VALUABLE COUNTERFEIT
GILDED PLATINUM. Counterfeit coins whose value increases with the disclosure of the fraud perpetrated are not common in the banking world. Recently, however, such a case came to light in London. Among a parcel of coins bought as gold was a clever imitation of a sovereign of 1863. Acid tests revealed that the coin was gilded platinum. At the time it was siruck off, in the reign of Queen Victoria, ! platinum was worth only about one- j third as much as gold. Now it is ; worth much more.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 256, 21 June 1932, Page 3
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90VALUABLE COUNTERFEIT Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 256, 21 June 1932, Page 3
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