COINS WITHDRAWN
SOME WERE BULLET-CASES. DECISION IN BRITAIN. British silver coins dated between 1020 and 1927 are all gradually to be withdrawn from circulation. In those post-will- years copper was used to make them to such an extent that tlm coins have a reddish Even vo|rdiigris lias upper,ml on seme oi the coins. In 1020 and 1921 eupro-nieke! bullet cases from .surplus war stock were melted down and used with silver at tliiv Mint. They were unsatisfactory; so were the coins made, ol stainless silver and aluminium. The emus to 1,. withdrawn her EiM.OUOMUOand they weigh 3000 tons.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1932, Page 6
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98COINS WITHDRAWN Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1932, Page 6
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