Strong Protest from Shanghai Bankers' Association: Minting by Anhui Must Stop We have received from the! Shanghai Bankers' Association the following copies of telegrams sent by it to Anking (capital of Anhui) and Peking, in respect of the bad dollars turned out by the Anking Mint.
To the Anking Mint:
We beg to notify you that we have been often told that the fine-ress containing ju the dollars, mark-the Sth year of the Republic, coined by you, is far below the fixed We did not deeply be-these statements at first, you are a Government Mint and will naturally observe the National Coinage Regulations. When the Foreign Banks and. the Custom House analyzed your dollars, and definitely reported that your dollars were far below the standa ness, and criticized them serious ly, we took up the matter carefully by analyzing the dollars recently coined by you, and we obtained the same result. "Besides this, we fee! very doubtful how you still continue to coin during such a time, when the dollar' rate continues to fall down. As it concerns the credit of the National Currency, and the welfare of the financial community, we wish you to cable us your ex: planation at once,
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