§ MR. NORMANI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state when the Coronation medals to be struck for sale to the public will be ready, from whom they will be procurable, and what will be the cost of the different kinds.
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHIt is proposed to commence the issue of Coronation medals to the public immediately after the ceremony has taken place. Exact particulars will be given through the Press as to the mode of procuring them and their cost, but applications have so far boon registered at the Royal Mint, where the medals will be struck. Generally speaking, the precedent of the Jubilee medals of 1897 will be followed both as to sizes and prices—that is to say, there will be two sizes, and prices will range from £13 for the large gold to 1s. for the small silver.
§ MR. NORMANIs it not possible to issue these medals before the Coronation, in view of the fact that many of them are to be distributed as school prizes?
§ SIR M. HICKS BEACHI will consider that, but I do not think they ought to be issued before the Coronation.