§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Coronation set of specimen coins were charged by the Mint at more than their face value; and, if so, what additional charge was made.
(Answered by Mr. Hayes Fisher.) With the approval of the Treasury, the prices charged to the public for specimen coins struck at the Mint, bearing His Majesty's effigy, are as follows: Face value £9 1s. 10d. Specimen coins: A, comprising five pound piece, two pound piece, sovereign, half sovereign, crown, half-crown, florin, shilling, sixpence, maundy fourpence, threepence, twopence, penny, without case, £10; with case, £10 6s. Face value, £2 1s. 10d.: B, comprising sovereign, half sovereign, crown, half-crown, florin, shilling, sixpence, maundy 1477 fourpence, threepence, twopence, penny, without case, £2 12s. 6d.; with case, £2 17s. 6d.