The Archive · 1937

Coinage Question

By the time the Diet meets again jin January the Finance Ministry will have decided whether it is advisable to replace the small coins of high hhickel content with paper currency. If this is done, the Diet must approve it, It is' still uncertain when ther conditions necessitate such action as recent surveys indicate that fan adequate supply of nickel {s available, Many observers predicted to-day the Diet would complete its work without requesting additional time. That the Diet will support the Goverment's policies both as regards domestic and foreign problems was considered a certainty here to-day—United Press.

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