was afraid and
the auctioneer's request you & forward to me
the Jaoper inscription,
in Chinese go the
twenty
Cent
& 5 cent
བ་
Viens which the
Staham is opinion
Should be issued
as
tokens
You will observe
that the Cordshiper
also
have, authorised
the
Graham
To provide
dies for the half dollar
(Copy)
881
26th
1977/6 (?) Treasury Chambers. 178
24. January 1886
Sir,
I am often Irloxury (?)
The Lords
having
Λ
had before
them
your
letter of the 13"
me
I am to signify
1st: Their Lordships desire
on their approval of the series of
Coins
to be issued from the Hong-Kong Mint, as
therein proposed - in addition to those
already ordered and issued namely -
a ten cent piece and a twenty cent
A fine
piece fabricated of 80 per cent of silver
and with
A
design similar to that
of the ten cent piece already approved,
and
A fifty cent piece, or half dollar
of the same proportional weight
as
the dollar itself.
and of equal
The Master
of the Mint.
finences (?)
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