NEW COINAGE ISSUE IN ENGLAND
LONDON, January 3. The Bank of England yesterday hegan the issue. of new cupro-nickel coins, which will replace the present silver ones'/ Only limited quantities will he issued, and for a long time both types of coins will cirCulate. There is about £120, 000,000 worth of silver coins, and it may take 20 years to withdraw them. The new coins are a little darker in colour and sli^htly thicker, hut in design and weight are identical with the silver ones.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5293, 4 January 1947, Page 5
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85NEW COINAGE ISSUE IN ENGLAND Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5293, 4 January 1947, Page 5
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