NO NEW PENNIES
COPPER USED FOR MUNITIONS.
(Rec. 10.5). LONDON, May 18. The Royal Mint struck no pennies in 1941, thereby saving eight hundred tons of copper for munitions. Instead of pennies, sixty million octagonal nickel brass three-penny pieces were struck, compared with twelve and - a half million -in 1940.
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Grey River Argus, 20 May 1942, Page 5
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50NO NEW PENNIES Grey River Argus, 20 May 1942, Page 5
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