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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1447127, member: 4381&quot;]Modern Coin News Round-Up: News from Major World Mints</p><p><br /></p><p>[h=3]<b> UK Royal Mint Announces Changes to Britannia Coins</b>[/h] On April 26 Nick Bowkett of the <a href="http://www.royalmint.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royalmint.com/" rel="nofollow">UK’s Royal Mint</a>&nbsp; posted an article on the mint’s blog which stated that the UK has&nbsp; decided to change the silver and gold content of its Britannia bullion&nbsp; coins.&nbsp; The gold coins will be changed from 91.67% to 99.99%, while the&nbsp; silver will be changed from 95.6% to 99.99%.</p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/UK_bullion_gold.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />That&nbsp; will bring it in line with other world mint silver coins, including the&nbsp; U.S. Mint’s silver eagle, which mostly issue pure silver bullion coins.</p><p>&nbsp;When it comes to gold coins, some countries like the U.S. and South&nbsp; Africa still add copper alloys to the gold, while others like Canada and&nbsp; Austria use pure gold.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/news/featured-news/modern-coin-news-round-up-news-from-major-world-mints/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/news/featured-news/modern-coin-news-round-up-news-from-major-world-mints/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinweek.com/news/featured-news/modern-coin-news-round-up-news-from-major-world-mints/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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