Cot
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Illustration of
this point, to their
letter of 19 December 1861. In
refard
10988 Gambian attempt to introduce
a tarnished Dollar of inferior value
for circulation
in
the Colony
Journal Credit. I want,
Weed
Die 7. Rogers.
The advance will be confirmed, and the Hospital losing public note of the weight & composition of new coins will of
course be issued.
I do not
as the heavy
However see
That this
pro.
digest
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posal was quite ill-considered Letter sending with Credential, as the Treasury deemed it. Considered.
The new
U. Kingston
Jonge coins were badged for their
were no doubt issued without any notice to the public of weight & with only their general notice, as to composition, of them being
composed of a mixed metal or bronze, i.e., composed of copper, tin, and zinc (London Gazette of Oct. 10, 1860). But the 2 shilling token Florin was described in the proclamation facing it, by composition precisely, – (London Gazette of August 3, 1849, annexed) and I do not myself see that there would have been any objection to describing
the new
coinage. Any coins, both silver and copper, should be described by composition in the same manner.
But although the casing objection is a sufficient reason for not informing the public on
this subject, I apprehend that it is still desirable not to leave the Secretary of State – as this letter still does – in the singular position of not knowing the contents of coins, specially struck for a Crown Colony, paid for out of the Colonial Revenue. We