THE ROYAL EFFIGY ON THE COINAGE.
"3. O. O.!* writes as follows to the Times :— No w that Her Gracious Majesty has attained the age of three score and is a great-grandmother, has not the time arrived when the obverse of our coinage should be rectified and made truthful ? For the past quarter of a century its numismato-hiatoric value has * been slight, and constantly di m .inishing, tuuTth'e absurdity of continuing further '""* into a reign which even now hog" extended over 42 years the' image of a young lady of- 18 is not the only or indeed the chief element of the mischief. It can scarcely be that the imaginary representation is persisted m. by desire of the august personage herself, for' the Royal is < {frequently photo- . graphed and • widely distributed. I'^ write only m the interest of truthful record m making history, coins being among the most enduring of human , monuments.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 863, 14 August 1879, Page 2
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152THE ROYAL EFFIGY ON THE COINAGE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 863, 14 August 1879, Page 2
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