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Treasury: Papers of Working Party concerning the Coinage Act 1946
Catalogue reference: T 264
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T 264
Correspondence, minutes and papers of the working party set up by direction of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Anderson) in 1945 to consider the future of the imperial silver coinage. The bill papers in connection with this act are...
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T 264
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury: Papers of Working Party concerning the Coinage Act 1946
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Date (When the record was created)
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1945-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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Correspondence, minutes and papers of the working party set up by direction of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Anderson) in 1945 to consider the future of the imperial silver coinage. The bill papers in connection with this act are included in this series. There is also a short memorandum, a telegram and a letter from Lord Keynes.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Treasury Working Party on the future of imperial silver coinage, 1945-1946
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1 volume(s)
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In 1945 a working party, under the chairmanship of Sir Herbert Brittain, was set up by direction of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Anderson) to consider the future of the imperial silver coinage. Its recommendations gave rise to the Coinage Act 1946 which provided for the substitution of cupro-nickel coin for silver.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14001/
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Treasury: Papers of Working Party concerning the Coinage Act 1946