CO129-269 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1895 [12] — Page 326

12th March 1895.

C.O. 323

19020

EC

IRL 20 YTC)

Further letter from the Deputy Master of the

Melbourne Mint to the Master of the Mint, London forwarding a counterfeit shilling found in circulation by the National Bank of Tasmania, Launceston. Mr Anderson

stated that :-

*It would seem that, a similar attempt is being made there (at Launceston,Tasmania) as was attempted in

Melbourne before, and by the same parties in China, who have, by e new obverse, got quit of some of the means of detection, and in all probability have in view some much larger attack on the silver seignorage then the small attempts hitherto made

Royal Mint,

This coin was of the fineness of 895.

It exhibited similar slight deviations from accuracy of design to those found in the counterfeits forwarded

in the preceding year

26th September 1895.

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