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19-Jun-06, 14:02
New Coin To Celebrate The Union
From the Record online
"RAP FOR BROWN OVER UNION COIN
By James Lyons
GORDON Brown was yesterday slammed for ordering a new coin to mark the Act of Union between Scotland and England.
The commemorative £2 coins will be minted next year to mark 300 years since the original Scottish parliament was closed.
SNP leader Alex Salmond claimed the Chancellor was trying to woo voters down south after admitting he was backing England in the World Cup.
Salmond said: "There is no end to Gordon Brown's capacity for self-promotion and his determination to prove his British credentials."
He dubbed the coin the "Brownie - full of brass, not very popular, soon to be devalued".
He told MPs: "It's going to become a collector's item as the Union passes into history,"
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But Commons leader Jack Straw replied: "You will be passing into history a long time before the Union."
The Treasury are keeping the design of the new coin under wraps until it is approved by the Queen."
From the Record online
"RAP FOR BROWN OVER UNION COIN
By James Lyons
GORDON Brown was yesterday slammed for ordering a new coin to mark the Act of Union between Scotland and England.
The commemorative £2 coins will be minted next year to mark 300 years since the original Scottish parliament was closed.
SNP leader Alex Salmond claimed the Chancellor was trying to woo voters down south after admitting he was backing England in the World Cup.
Salmond said: "There is no end to Gordon Brown's capacity for self-promotion and his determination to prove his British credentials."
He dubbed the coin the "Brownie - full of brass, not very popular, soon to be devalued".
He told MPs: "It's going to become a collector's item as the Union passes into history,"
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But Commons leader Jack Straw replied: "You will be passing into history a long time before the Union."
The Treasury are keeping the design of the new coin under wraps until it is approved by the Queen."