A QUEER MONEY BOX.
(ik'iit la by M. f'aiii|ihi*ll, Ilelle Vuc Komi, Nurl lu-ote.) Some yearn ago a. lad who was pl«ying about on Salisbury J'lairi caught sight of what he thought wan an oddlyshaped stone lying on the ground. Picking' it up lie threw it idly against a rock two ( ,r three timiv. To his great surprise tho "Vtone" hurst open and out fell t»e vera I {fold coins. Tlieoe proved to be valuable l-'axtern coins hundreds of years old. and the "stone" hollowed out wax really an ancient money box.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)
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92A QUEER MONEY BOX. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 3 (Supplement)
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