HC Deb 27 January 1953 vol 510 cc99-100W
85. Mr. Deedes

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what the proposed issue of Coronation coins will be; what orders have been received already by his Department for these coins; and whether, as demand has greatly exceeded supply, he will consider extending the issue.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

As the statement issued by the Treasury to the Press on 25th November explained, issues will not be unlimited but it is hoped to meet orders placed with the banks by 31st December. Two-and-three-quarter million crowns and three-quarters of a million sets of coins had been ordered by that date. I have every hope that these orders will be met.

My right hon. Friend proposes to review the position again in a few weeks' time.