The Archive · 1936

Established Firmly When

Replaced "China is the second largest silver-using country in the world. The existence of silver as a medium of Payment in China dates back nearly 5,000 years, but it was nol used in coins until' comparatively recently." These two sentences, which open a the New Standard Dollar the Tael member of the Advisory Committoa selects at random a bar ora dollar ut of every case in the day's output, and assays and weighs in his own Ioberatory. Should there be. coins {falling to conform to the legal standards the entire lot of coins.

Copper anth per Londontel, transfer ssss.esses00+/2%6 Now York~tel, transfer 7 20.00.111.2918

Batavia—domand "Gulden 43% India—demand ".cvvvvewRupees 79 fs~demand coo Branca 33

Hongkong—demand Yokohama—demand

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