OCR Text |
Show GERMANS ALLOWED TO MAKE OWN MONEY LQNDON. No v 18 The action of the German government In allowing certain firms to print their own money In 6mall denominations, recalls a somewhat 6imllar state of affairs In the early years of tieorpe III. in this country. In those days the amount of coppor coin in circulation was totally Inade-eiuatc, Inade-eiuatc, and tradesmen all over the country, issue-d tokens of their own. j which attained almost equal standing with tho re-al coinage. One manufacturer manu-facturer in Birmingham issued over 'J million pi null's und 3Vi million hall-pennies hall-pennies in the course or a few years, and the amount of '"tokens" In clrcula- tlon In 1780 outnumbered the genuine coinage. |