HC Deb 10 May 1978 vol 949 cc537-8W
Mr. Neubert

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of (a) the 60 per cent. decline in the real value of the halfpenny since it was first issued, (b) the prospect of the cost of production rising above the coin's face value, and (c) the large number of halfpennies which are rapidly lost from circulation, he will arrange, as an economy, for halfpennies to be minted of aluminium in future.

Mr. Denzil Davies

No. In present circumstances, I believe that the disadvantages of such a change would outweigh the savings.

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