Throwing Money away in 1928

[jeff of pa]

 

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[BillA]

I do not see that US gold is known there; seems a tall tale.

 

[jeff of pa]

it says they only knew it as trinkets with pictures of a queen.

I would guess most of it is lost

 

[Honest Samuel]

The natives are my type of people. Money means nother.

 

[BillA]

they had their own silver coinage . . . .
of 600,000 $1 coins, they would be/have been all over; and what about their coinage ?
wear rubber boots if you visit (where the coins were sent from)

 

[tinpan]

Hi So in the real word how many old newspapers would you need to equal the value of one found gram of gold ? You post cuttings

TP

 

[BillA]

Jeff may be likened to a plow; he is turning the remnants, we are looking

 

[Bum Luck]

On the face of it, it doesn't seem to make much sense.

The "Straits Settlements" were of Penang, Singapore, Malacca, and Dinding, a part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company

But why would we ship them gold?