SILVER COINAGE.
PROSPECT OF A CHANGE.
MINT'S ORIGINAL DESIGNS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 6.5 p.m.) LONDON. July 95. There is a prospect of a change in British silver coinage, says the Observer. The Royal Mint has already struck two complete trial sets* designed by different artists. Sir Charles Oman, an historian and former fellow of the Royal Academy, states that some of the designs are absolutely original and that others have not been seen since the seventeenth century.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19389, 26 July 1926, Page 9
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80SILVER COINAGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19389, 26 July 1926, Page 9
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