OLD SILVER COINS FOR LONDON
RETURNING TO ROYAL MINT [Per United Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, February 9. . An armed police guard was on duty at Christchurch railway station last night when £IOO,OOO in silver wa« taken from the express and deposited in vans for transportation to the Bank of New Zealand vaults, where it will await shipment to the Royal Mint, Loudon, probably by the Zealandic.; The Silver is made up of the old issue of English half-crowns collected from Invercargill and up the line to Christchurch .There were over 01. j. hundred boxes in all. *
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Evening Star, Issue 21641, 9 February 1934, Page 8
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95OLD SILVER COINS FOR LONDON Evening Star, Issue 21641, 9 February 1934, Page 8
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