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Show oo LESS TIIW :;oo MILLION GOLD CUM I LATE8 IK MEXK (By InternaUonnl Sem Service.) MEXICO CITY. The chief offli it ot tho Troateury departnvent sUares that at the present time there Is less than $300,000.0000 in gold coin 111 circulation, throughout the republic. The Breater portion of the silver com has dlsjippeiirerl. because of the fai i that Its bullion value is greater than Its face. Taper currency In denomin-. ailons of fifty cents and one dollar, issued hy the monetary commission tn exchange for gold, is now taking the place of the silver coins and Is redeemable re-deemable In srold by the same commission commis-sion when presented amounts of $2 "r; more. Copper coins of the face value1 of twenty-cent- are also belnc ISSUSU, and In this manner the lack of small silver change Is remsdli d |