| Description | Contains coin inspection certificates signed and stamped by the Royal Mint passing completed coins for issue and examining sample coins, 20 November 1967 - 27 October 1969. The certificates are for coins produced by The Mint, Birmingham, Ltd. for the following countries: Hong Kong, Eire, Liberia, Congo, Vietnam, Somalia, Malaysia and Ethiopia. The file also contains correspondence between The Mint, Birmingham, Limited and the British Royal Mint regarding difficulty in carrying out coin inspections in Birmingham due to war black-out arrangements and the feasibility of sending samples from Birmingham to London for inspection, 11 September 1939 - 06 November 1942. |