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Decimal Coinage

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
June
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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-Dr. Bowring has reeenily introdiiced a biü into Pailiament lor a decimal coinage ; or lo authon'ze ilie issue of coins representirg the lenth part of a pound sterling, or two sliillings, and the liundredth part of a pound, or twen ponce and Iwo-fifihs. Joseph Hume, a man of great influence in the House of Commons, seconded and advocated the motion J and the Chancpllor of tho E cheque said lie hnd no objection to strike a two-shilling piece, as the Brsl step in Dr. Bowring's experiment. This step wlll perhaps cunstiiute the first of a series forthe establishment of a universal curreney on the American basis of dollars and cents. - Hurritt. The tiew House of Lords is now open for nspection, and tickets of admission is sued from the Lord Chamberloiu's oific.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News