To the Editor of the 3 x "Noxrm-Cuma Darwy News" stars have bom fu cralation for your readers to. know, 2 Sin-—It might interest, some of
many years at the port of Wuhu.in particular and principal amongst the rice merchants of that port who made payments to the farmers who Drovght the rice from inland ville ages. These coins being of greater value than any other dollar in circulation in China the weight of tige was sold accordingly in exchange for the coin and the most of them bore marks of being chopped with some sharp instrument Which ex: tracted pieces of silver from came Heaving characters on the coin such as translated into. English," Rice From Heaven," "Food for the Hungry." Manila in the old days of Spain's regime was also flooded with these same coins, and Macao also, while at the latter port some fof these coins T came across bore the sign of the cross on them and had the words engraved on the rim "Marco Polo," "Polo Marco 1823 which was to be found in pawnshops and. gambling " dong whose owners hoarded them up and Ueclined to sell even at very" high offers made for them, To the Editor of the "Nonru-Cuina Datty News!
Sm,—Mr. Geo. J. Jessup in your issue "of December 16 mentions a (Carolys Dollar of the 1778 Collectors may be interested 06 hear of other similar coins, at one time in circulation in China, byt difter~ jing in several particulars, T have in my possession: "Carolus, 1111, 1787. Det Gratia" inseril on the recto, and ". Hispan. et Ind. Rex, M. 8 RTH." on the verso or [cent of arms side, have also snathes which boars ing inscriptions: Recto:
in. VIL Del, Gratia, 1810." Jand on the verso: "Hispan, of Ind,
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