HC Deb 03 March 1969 vol 779 cc47-8W
Mr. Higgins

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what international treaty subscribed to by the United Kingdom proscribes counterfeiting of coins; and if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT that part of the treaty which provides a definition of legal tender.

Mr. Taverne

The International Convention for the Suppression of Counterfeiting Currency, 1929, relates to the prevention and punishment of the offence of counterfeiting currency (Treaty Series No. 5 (1960); (Cmnd. 932).

"Currency" is defined in Part I Article 2 of the Treaty as paper money … and metallic money, the circulation of which is legally authorised.