Alder Fisher, Esq., has been appointed Public Vaccinator for • the district of Paparoa. . 1 False bronze pennies are reported to have been recently circulatedbj a gentleman who, in a letter to a contemporary-, frankly acknowledged to have made his fortune by coining them. They are marked with tho letter "H " under the date, 1874. The truth of tho matter has just been narrated by Iron. ! Last year the Mint'authorities, having more ' work than, they cbuld manage, contracted with a Birmingham firm for the stamping of 100 tons weight of r these coins'.':! Each penny thus stamped was accordingly initialled with I tho first; letter of tho Wme the firm bears. I Coining.pennies J ia profitable,'work,' as £109 ] worth metal nukes £44# worth' 'of pennies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4295, 19 August 1875, Page 2 (Supplement)
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