Half-Cent Coin
Sir,—l, too have been concerned that there is to be no half-cent coin. This must mean a rise in the cost of living. Take a basic item like bread, for instance. The loaf which suits my family best retails at lOd. This should convert to 8 cents but would mean a fractional drop in price. 1 doubt very much if the bakers would stand this. They will surely ask for 9 cents, a definite increase in price and not a negligible one, either, for a family eating 10 loaves of bread a week. In cases like this there is a definite need for a half-cent coin. I am sure housewives will be able to think of many other similar cases.—Yours, etc., WORRIED HOUSEWIFE. August 11, 1966.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31139, 16 August 1966, Page 14
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