Those Spanish Coins
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Letter to the Editor TN the May number of the P.I.M. there A are references to old Spanish coins found near Wau, but no mention is made of any dates on them. It would seem strange if among all the coins found in and around New Guinea there was none in a good enough state of preservation to show the date. A date would give some idea of the period when they were ob tained by the natives.
It is well known that both gold and silver Spanish coins were current in Aus tralia in the early days—in fact they were the only coins that could be used to purchase goods in the East by ships that went there from Sydney.
In recent years I have seen Spanish dollars over 100 years old that are still used in China.
I am, etc.,
Sydney,
William Dixson.
Miss Mary Edwards, the clever Aus tralian artist who recently returned to Sydney frcm a visit to New Caledonia left for Fiji, by the Monterey on June 24 to paint native subjects.
May 25, 1936.