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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 65, 23 April 1914, Page 5

It is not often (states the Sydney " D;-iilv Telegraph '') that a coin which is declared to be counterfeit contains more than the prescribed amount of copper, silver, or gold, as the case maybe. This fact has, however, resulted in the rejection of no fewer than 09 halfcrowns which were included in the last prmel of British coins withdrawn from circulation in the Commonwealth and returned to England. Five of these coins have been received at the Federal Treasury from the Bank of England, and, beyond the fact that some are above weight and others below weight, there is nothing to show that they are u'ot genuinely-minted half-crowns.