The Archive · 1910

UNIFORM CURRENCY

The " Universal Gazette" says that in view of the inconvenience caused by the confusion in Chioese currency and paper money, Dake Tsai Tse, President of the Ministry of Finance, has decided to adopt a silver coin, 7 mace 2 can-greens as the and other provincial minto will be ordered in fatare to turn out coins of this denomination of a uniform weight end design, and sach coins {should be current throughout the Empire, irrespective of where they have been minted. No depreciation of such money will be allowed, so that in course of time, they my gradually supplant foreign money in the country. It is proposed to effect the change by begioning with the Railway Offices.

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