Denomination of coin.

Standard weight.

Least Current weight.

Standard fineness.

Remedy allowance.

Weight per piece.

Millesimal fineness.

Grains.

Grains.

Grains.

Gold-

Twenty dollar ..

516

513.42

Nine-tenths fine gold, one-tenth alloy; or mille- simal fineness,

V 900...........

.50

1

Ten dollar..............

258

266.71

.40

1

Five dollar..............

129

128.355

. 25

1

Two and one-half dollar....

64.5

64.178

. 20

1

Silver -

One dollar..............

360

Eight.-tenths fine silver, two-tenths alloy; or millesimal fineness, 800 ..

1.50

4

Fifty cent.......

180

1.50

4

Twenty-five cent

90

1.00

4

Ten cent..............

36

*3.00

4

Five cent..............

18

+3.50

4

Bronze -

Cent...........

50

Mixed metal,copper, tin and zinc......

‡140.00

* This remedy is on a group of one dollar's worth, ten pieces.

+This remedy is on a group of one dollar's worth, twenty pieces.

‡This remedy is on a group of eighty pieces weighed against a weight of one pound avoirdupois.

(As amended by 9-10 Geo. V., c. 16, s. 1, and 10-11 Geo. V., c. 9, ss. 1 and 2.)

9-10 George V., Chap. 16. an Act to Amend The Currency Act, 1910.

[Assented to 6th June. 1919.]

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. (1) The Schedule to The Currency Act, 1910, chapter fourteen of the statutes of 1910, is amended by striking out the last section thereof, relating to the bronze cent, and the footnote pertaining thereto, and substituting the following therefor: -

Denomination of coin.

Standard weight.

Least Current weight.

Standard fineness.

Remedy allowance.

Weight per piece.

Millesimal fineness.

Bronze Cent .......

50

............

Mixed metal, copper, tin and zinc.

+140

+ This remedy is on a group of one hundred and forty pieces weighed against a weight of one pound avoirdupois.

(2) The bronze coins heretofore struck by authority of the Crown shall continue to be current and legal tender.

2. This Act shall come into force upon such date as may be prescribed by proclamation issued by the Governor in Council.

c.b.p. - 26

10-11 George V., Chap. 9. An Act to Amend The Currency Act, 1910.

[Assented to 11th May, 1920.]

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Section three of The Currency Act, 1910, chapter fourteen of the statutes of 1910, is repealed, and the following is substituted therefor: "3. (1) The standard for gold coins of the currency of Canada shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight nine hundred shall be of fine gold and one hundred of alloy.

"(2) The standard for silver coins of such currency shall be such that of one thousand parts by weight eight hundred shall be of fine silver and two hundred of alloy."

2. The Schedule to the said Act is amended by striking out the part thereof pertaining to silver coins and substituting the following therefor: -

Denomination of coin.

Standard weignt.

Least current weight.

Standard fineness.

Remedy allowance.

Weight per piece.

Millesimal fineness.

Grains.

Grains.

Grains.

"(b) Silver -

Eight tenths fine silver, two-tenths alloy; or millesimal fineness, 800.

One dollar ...........

360

..............

1.50

4

Fifty cent..............

180

..............

1 50

4

Twenty-five cent

90

..............

1.00

4

Ten cent..............

36

..............

*3.00

4

Five cent..............

18

..............

+3.50

4

* This remedy is on a group of one dollar's worth - ten pieces.

+ This remedy is on a group of one dollar's worth - twenty pieces.

3. The silver coins of a millesimal fineness of nine hundred and twenty-five heretofore struck by authority of the Crown shall continue to be current and a legal tender, and the silver coins of a millesimal fineness of eight hundred struck since the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, under the authority of the order of the Governor in Council dated the twenty-fifth dry of November, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, (P.C. No. 2373) and the order of the Gover-nor in Council dated the twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, (P.C. No. 198) shall be current and a legal tender.