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...British Royal Mint not only does not stamp a promise of any kind on gold coins but even omits to stamp what the thing is. Thus the latest English gold sovereigns (not issued since 1917) are not stamped "One Sovereign" and have nothing on them to indicate what they may be worth. On one side St. George, mounted, slays a dragon with his knightly sword. On the other side the head of George V. uncrowned, is surmounted not by an English promise but by a Latin abbreviation: Georgiuns V D. G. Britt: Omn: Rex D. F. Inde...
...Archbishop Villeneuve admonished women to bathe in suitable costume, "a skirt reaching nearly to the knees ... a species of coat or cape which shields the shape of the body." When he set sail from New York last month he said: "I do not feel at all worthy, but the sovereign pontiff calls...
...they send and receive cablegrams and telegrams transferring millions and hundreds of millions, on paper. Often a telephone call suffices. In their safe, some two feet wide by four high, they keep as a solemn joke two coins, a tiny 25? California gold piece (genuine) and a reputed Spanish sovereign (counterfeit). The important thing is that since the B. I. S. was founded in 1930 it has slowly become "The Central Bank of Central Banks": The World Bank...
Back from a state visit to Rumania which Jugoslav editors called "momentous," His Majesty King Alexander began to play the role of Ruthless Dictator last week, dropping that of Constitutional Sovereign...
...Teachers' Association, had not accused His Majesty of mere immorality, royal peccadillos being taken for granted at Bucharest. Instead Professor Fortescu had made himself spokesman for a charge which has smoldered in Rumanian public opinion these many months. In a bold speech, three weeks ago, he accused his Sovereign of packing the highest offices of the State, the Civil Service and the Municipality of Bucharest "with men whose chief qualification, if it can be called such, is that they are favorites of the King...