CO129-118 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 252

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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

True copy HW