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Colonial coinage. By s. 11 (8) of the (English) Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10), replacing the (English) Colonial Branch Mint Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c.65) (which applied to gold coins only), the King on Council may make coins coined in the colonies legal tender in England, and may revoke such order, and see (English) Coinage Act, 1920 (10 Geo. 5, c. 3), s. 1. See TENDER.