The inflation of copper currency in Sz chuan province, coupled with a scarcity of silver caused by the export of the metal by smugglers, has sent up the dollar exchange rate to an abnormal heights. A' 4,400 cash, The veciuan province is flooded particularly by copper coins of the 200-cush denomination, To remedy this stale of things, the Szechuan authorities are issuing a series of new copper coins to replace the old, debased ones. The new coins are to be in fractions of a dollar, 60 being equivalent to $1. On one side they bear the date of issue, and on the other, a peacock feather.
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