When speaking about metals nsed for coinage purposes at tbe last meetiug of the New Zealand Numismatic Society, Mr C. W. Brandt mentioned the use of nickel. This metal, be said, was in great deniand because of the usefulness of its alloys for shell caps and armament steels. It had been alleged tliat certain countries where nickel was not plentiful liad adopted this metal i'or coinage purposes as being a readily accessible source of metal for emergency armament purposes. Japan had denied that tbis was tlie reason for her change to a nickel coinage, but it had been freely stated that owing to the use of nickel coinago in Gennany the people tliere were actually carrying in their pockets and handbags some 300 tons of essential war malerial. Mr Brandt also suggostod +bat coins in tlie future niiglit possiblj . i olouved, great progress having been made in the manu- , facture of coloured alloys,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 195, 3 September 1937, Page 5
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