COUNTERFEIT FLORINS
CIRCULATED IN WELLINGTON. A GOOD IMITATION. flly Telegraph.—rress Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. Counterfeit Australian florins, dated 1927 and 1931. have come under the notice of the banks. They can easily he passed and be accepted as genuine. They are lighter than the real coins by about a quarter. The nitric acid test is unreliable unless the base metal underneath is exposed.
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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18641, 20 May 1932, Page 8
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