Tokio, Mar. 2.
A number of counterfeits of the new silver 50-sen Japanese coins have been found in Tokio and Moji during the past fortnight, The police authorities have traced their source to Shanghai where some Japanese are engaged in counter-felting the coins in concert with Chinese.
The false 50-sen pieces are so like the genuine ones that even the authorities concerned find it difficult, it is said, to discern them, They ara composed of an alloy of lead and nickel with a cleverly imparted silver-like lustre.—Reuter.
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