ISSUE OF NEW COINS
Received Friday, 8.30 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 3. « The Bank of England yestetday begalt the issue of new cupro-nickeJ coins whieh are to replaCe ths present Silver eoilis but only limited quantities wero1 issiied and fox' a long tinie bo'tli types of cciin will circulate side by side. There is about £120,000,000 iii silver coin in the countr.y, the Times's eitv editor points out, ahd its witltdrawal ntav well take 20 years. The iiew are a little darker in colour afld slightly thickef but in design ailcl Weight they are identical with the silver oSes. The Royal Mint ceased striking silver in the early autumn, sinee wheii it has been biiilding up stocks of the new cupi'O- , uickel coins— all dated 1947. • •* ' ) " t - ' 4 -
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Chronicle (Levin), 4 January 1947, Page 8
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