Naming The Coinage
Sir,—Ths scrapping of our good old coinage in favour of dollars and cents may be another notable step forward by the world-empire of Wall street; but if it holds any advantages for the New Zealand man in the street, they are hard to see. "Midas’s" suggestion, however—of 10 pence to the shilling, and 10 shillings to the bank-note, still called by the name we are used to—would at least save up from such one-way tickets to insanity as: “It's ticketed one dollar 47 cents. At six-fifth of a penny to the cent, what does it cost, in money I can understand?” A rangatira? An endeavour? It might even be a crown or a royal, in memory of the time when this was a British Dominion! Call it what you will; as “Midas” says, it will be “a quid” within short months of its introduction—if it ever really is introduced. I still dare to hope not.—Yours, etc., JACKIE BULL-CALF. April 17, 1963
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30109, 18 April 1963, Page 3
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