COUNTERFEIT MONEY
(Press Assn.-
SHILLINGS IMPORTED FROM " CHrNA CIRCULATING IN V/ELLINGTON
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• Wellington, Saturday. . Counterfeit shillings at present in circulation in Wellington are believed to have come from China through Australia. They are remarkably good imitations, and so far as the average person is concerned, they do not differ from the minted coin. They may be known, however, owing to lack of tune ring. They are dated 1921, and to those - used to • handling coins, they ai'e slightly darker and duller in. appearance, and slightly lighter to expert fingers. It is believed large quantities of these shillings were brought into Australia from China, and that the few, in circulation have come from the , Commonwoalth.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 September 1932, Page 5
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116COUNTERFEIT MONEY Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 September 1932, Page 5
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