2.
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that the latter
it appears the weight of
proposes the Houghong Dollar
to be slightly different from that decided on already and announced
to the Public - viz: 416 grains with 1 1⁄2 grain remedy either
way,
Wr
or as Mr. Kinder puts it Graham's proposal would give 03:873.000
as the weight of 1000 Dollars - wheras as already decided here 1000 Dollars
would weigh only oz. 866.666_
a
weight
More
nearly corresponding
to the Mexican dollar which that
of Stoughtong is intended to
supplant.
About 60,000 dollars
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have been coined up to this
322
date, and as there have been
already many changes and disappointments to the Public since the opening of the Mint,
I and
my
Council are
unwilling to add to their number by
now
making
further change in a matter so important as the weight of the Follar already notified in the Gazette - especially
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the
Dollar now being issued from
the Mint is as
as
heavy and of
fine a standard as Mexican Dollar.
the
At the same time $2.