SOVEREIGNS STRUCK.
3,500,000 LAST YEAR. LONDON, Dec. 21. The annual report of the deputymaster of the Comptroller of the Royal Mint shows that during the year 1925 k 3&500 sovereigns were struck. It is knaade however, that they were n§|Ot .for internal use. IS. “Our gold reserves,” says the CompCSetumi.to the gold standard, are not to make possible the substitufor notes in circulation.” -fsPl B - he aware, he says, that any Berious desire has been evince! foi. such change. He' points out also that the State has already borne a charge of £1,000,000 for the wear and tear of gold coinage since it undertook the task of replacement as a recognised policy.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 10
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112SOVEREIGNS STRUCK. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 28, 31 December 1926, Page 10
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