THREEPENNY PIECES.
NEW COLOUR FOR NEW COIN. NEITHER COPPER NOR SILVER. (United Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, September 17. In connection with the proposal to replace threepenny pieces with larger coins, it is stated that tho new coin will be of a distinctive colour, neither of silver nor of copper, and with a special edge in the form perhaps of a wove.
The issue of threepenny pieces of the existing pattern was made by the Mint in 1934, and amounted in value to £94,000, of which £60,000 went to Scottish banks.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 290, 19 September 1936, Page 5
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