COMMONWEALTH COINAGE.
A SPECIALLY DESIGNED ISSUE. B» Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received June 21, IS) a.m.) MELBOURNE* This Day. Sir John Forrest, Federal Treasurer, has completed arrangements with the Imperial Mint, whereby a Commonwealth issue of silver coins will be minted shortly. Under the agreement the Imperial Treasury wiU mint between £150,000 and £160,000 worth annually, the Australian profit on which will exceed £40,000 a year. The head of the King will appear on one side of the coins, and some easilyrecognised Australian design on the reverse, i
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 145, 21 June 1909, Page 7
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