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In 1970, Master of the Mint Gordon Ward Hunter relaunched the Foreign Circulation division. In January 1970, the RCM won a contract from Singapore to produce six million rimmed blanks in a cupronickel alloy. [3]: 148 This was the Mint's first export contract since a contract for the Dominican Republic 32 years earlier. The second contract came ...
5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France
Acts passed before 1963 are cited using this number, preceded by the year(s) of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the Union with Ireland Act 1800 is cited as "39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67", meaning the 67th act passed during the session that started in the 39th year of the reign of George III and which finished in ...
Coinage Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 72) Coinage Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5 c. 3) Coinage Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 74) Coinage Act 1971, made provisions for decimalisation of the pound sterling; Coinage (Measurement) Act 2011, amended the Coinage Act 1971 to allow the method for measuring and confirming the weight of coins to be set by proclamation
The Coinage Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3.c. 68), also known as the Coin Act 1816 or Liverpool's Act, [1] defined the value of the pound sterling relative to gold.One troy pound of standard (22-carat) gold was defined as equivalent to £46 14s 6d., [2] i.e. 44½ guineas, the guinea having been fixed in December 1717 at £1 1s exactly.
The Coinage Act of 1792 created the United States Mint and initially defined the United States dollar at par with the Spanish dollar due to its international reputation: By far the leading specie coin circulating in America was the Spanish silver dollar, defined as consisting of 387 grains of pure silver.
The currency of Bolivia is now minted by foreign mints Chile: La Moneda Palace: 1814 1929 Now the residence of the President of Chile, production moved to the Casa de Moneda de Chile. Colombia: Casa de Moneda: 1620 1987 Now a museum, production moved to the Fábrica de Moneda in Ibagué. England: Horndon mint: 1056 Hong Kong: Hong Kong Mint ...
The Coinage Act and Great Recoinage attempt to stabilise the currency by reintroduction of a silver coinage (for transactions under forty shillings) and changing the gold coinage from the guinea valued at 21 shillings to the slightly lighter sovereign worth 20 shillings and defining the value of the pound sterling relative to gold. [10]