DISAPPOINTING FIND
SOVEREIGNS IN RUBBISH TIP.
PROVED TO BE COUNTERFEIT
IBY TELteGKAPH PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 7. A Wellingtonian, searching at the Newtown tip for things worth while, discovered, no lesis than eleven appairentv genuine sovereigns which had evidently been through fire. Fortunately he had suicient wisdom, to take _ them to the police station, where, to his disappointment, it was found they were counterfeit, the principal ingredient being lead. The coins were true to type, however, and. any shopkeeper might have been excused for accepting them. The theory offered by the police is that the coins were used at one time in conjunction with some advertisement, and were never actually placed in circulation. ■ ~ - r Anyone found in possession of three or more counterfeit coins is liable to three years’ imprisonment.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 7
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130DISAPPOINTING FIND Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 January 1928, Page 7
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