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COUNTERFEIT COIN.

Auckland, October 17. A number of counterfeit coins (half* crowns) aro in circulation in the city. They are composed of white metal, and ■ require a sixpenny and threepenny bit ndded in the scale to make them the same weight as the genuine half-crown. It js rumoured that they are part of a shipment from Germany for " circulation in the colonies," and the handiwork of '• smashers."

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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7661, 18 October 1893, Page 2

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COUNTERFEIT COIN. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7661, 18 October 1893, Page 2

COUNTERFEIT COIN. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVI, Issue 7661, 18 October 1893, Page 2