SHORTAGE OF COINS
America Mints Silver For
Commonwealth
AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY FOR N.Z.
Rec. 12.30. CANBERRA, this day. At least £1,000,000 worth of Australian silver coins has been minted in the United States and sent to Australia. This is the first time that any British country has had its coinage made by a foreign country. Australian copper coins are being made in India.
The Federal Treasurer, Mr. Chifley, said that the American order had to be placed because the Australian mints could not cope with the demand for silver coins. Australia was helping to relieve the New Zealand silver coin shortage, Mr. Chifley added. Efforts were also being made to send copper coins to some of the Pacific Islands, where coins were so scarce that penny notes were being printed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 298, 17 December 1942, Page 5
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