Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1892. The Latin Union.
In 6u^ark&e on tlfe'SilVer Coinage' we referred to ; tfte Latin Union. The otbor countries which b&6ng to ■ the Union besides Greftt Britain are' ' France, Belgium^ Italy, Greece and Switzerland. All their , qoins are alike in weight and fineness, occassionally differing in name. - The same system, we learn from Whitaker's Almanac, ha.gr been adopted by Spain, Servia, Bulgaria, Russia and Eoumania. The Scandi-. navian countries, Norway, Sweden, . and- Denmark, employ coins of the same weight and fineness, their names being' also alike Most of the South American States possess a standard coin. , In " bimetallic " countries pure gold is generally taken as being worth 15£ times its weight of'ptfre : silver. This proportion corresponds to giving standard, silver a 'constat^ value of: 60f pence. ;
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Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1892, Page 2
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