The banishment of the bawbee (the halfpenny) from most considerations in /currency was thought to be merely a passing phase in the topsy-turviness of war-time and post-war economic conditions. The completeness of the bawbee's relegation, however, is suggested by the fact that the humble coin no longer manages to find a place in the Kirk plate—even in Aberdeenshire. The members of a church presbytery in that country are publishing abroad their satisfaction at the fact that the bawbee has been to a great extent superseded by silver in the collections.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.