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Show TE8T FOR SPURIOUS COINS. Simple Method Disclosed by a' Juror During a Trial. At this session of tho central criminal crim-inal court there has bocn nn exceptional excep-tional number of chargos of making and uttering counterfeit coin, says the London Tribune. At the conclusion of one of tho cases the forcman-of the , jury asked the authorities If they would take a suggestion from 12 business busi-ness men who during the year had to- deal with considerable sums In silver sil-ver cola. There wu most simple test for te detection of base coin. It was to cut the milled edge of a good coin sharply against tho milled edgo of the-Buspected the-Buspected cow. If the suspected cola wore a spurious one the metal would almost Immediately begin to shave-off. shave-off. It was, he added, a test that could be carried out anywhere, on the top of a bus or in a shop, and the public ought to be actiu-lnted with It. After making personal test tho .common sergeant said be quite agreed with the suggestion of the Jury as to tho usefulness of the tost and said It ought to bo made known. |