A SOVEREIGN.
Although sovereigns are ' not frequently seen nowadays, a, little problem concerning 'ono. may not be amiss, so'let us 'assume that it contains onetwelfth, of alloy, oi' c about ono hundred and thirteen grains of puro gold. With theso figures as a basis^ can the reader detormine what would be the loss sustained by the owner of a sovereign which, had ; become defaced and thereby had lost ono grain of pure gold, if ho received for the sovereign the value .of the pure gold-in it, at the rate of £3 17s 0d per ounce? Anything1 less than 'a halfpenny may be ignored.;
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 20
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103A SOVEREIGN. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 147, 23 June 1928, Page 20
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