DOMINION’S COINAGE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 77, 13 March 1934, Page 7

DOMINION’S COINAGE

Remainder of Cycle on Water THREEPENCES AND SHILLINGS | By Telegraph—Press Association ! WELLINGTON, March 12. ! All the remaining coins necessary i to complete the first cycle of the | Dominion’s own silver coinage are now on the water on their way to i New Zealand. The new half-crowns, florins and sixpences are already in ■ circulation, and the first of the new ' threepenny pieces on board the i Rangitane are due at Auckland \ from London to-morrow. I The consignment of threepenny ■ pieces on the Rangitane is valued at i £48,800, and of this amount £24,000 ! worth is for Auckland and the remain- [ mg £23,900 worth for Wellington. On i the Port Gisborne, which is due in the [ Dominion towards the end of the month, I there are £16,000 worth of threepenny pieces, there being £BOOO worth each for I Christchurch and Dunedin. Tho remain- ; ing threepences in the first cycle are I in two small shipments, one on board ithe Port Wellington, valued at £5700 ' and the other valued at £4500 on board , i the Rangitata. Both these ships sailed - from Home on March 8. » On board the Port Gisborne there arc also the first of the new shillings, valued at £33,500, and of this amount £16,500 is going to Christchurch and £17,000 worth to Dunedin. The remaining shillings of the first cycle are on the Akaroa, due at Wellington on I March 29. The consignment on this ship I consists of £35,800 worth of shillings I for Auckland and £30,700 worth for! Wellington,