NEW BRITISH COINS.
THREEPENNY PIECES DISAPPEAR. OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW. United Press Assn.—f.ier. Teh Copyright. LONDON, August 5. There are millions of souvenirhunters in Britain, to judge by the* disappearance of the new twelve-sided threepenny pieces since March, when men, shop-hand-s and post office officials for a specimen in vain. All that most people have seen are photographs of tiie coin with a hole drilled in the centre in which a sharppointed pencil can he thrust. Marks are then filed on each edge, thus making it an effective put and take top. The photographs are accompanied by warnings that It is an offence so tri deface coins.-
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20265, 6 August 1937, Page 7
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107NEW BRITISH COINS. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20265, 6 August 1937, Page 7
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