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agreeably to
When
the
Half-dollar is
}
issued it shall be of half the
Mint
weight of the
dollar
and
1
of
the
same fineness
Out
the
dollar, namely
nine-tenths fineness. The remedies for
weight and fineness for the Half-dollar
the practice of the Royal
The Bank of England and
the Bullion Trade of London, no
preference to the
official
divisions
of the
standard grains.
I have
(signed) Thos. Graham
shall be
the
same
as for the whole
dollar, namely
0.002 oz
on each single
piece.
Of the Dollars and Half dollars
coined at Hong Kong not less than
one
in 20,000 shall be
sent home
through the Colonial Office to be assayed
and reported upon by the Master of
the Mint.
The weights
are here expressed
in decimal fractions of an
ounce Troy,
agreeably
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