An $(18)64 question
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On August 5, a fisherman fro Tongatapu, Tonga’s main island, d covered a sealed bottle containing message and a SUSSOO bill in I fshtrap. He hurried ashore with I new-found wealth, only to find th the money was issued by the Co federate States of America and daU February 17, 1864 (during the Cu War). Asked about the messa t which might have given a clue the bill’s origin, he said he could n read it and threw it away with ti bottle, which was covered with wet and barnacles.
However, as the $5OO bill patched with cellulose tape, it thought that it was not launched j the bottle until 20 years or so ag < The fisherman who found th bottle is Sione Vili Sunia, of Ha’ataj village.