| Level | Item |
| Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | C43/609 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Title | GOLD AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICE FILE RELATING TO SILVER: MISCELLANEOUS |
| Date | 12 Jan 1940 - 16 May 1967 |
| Description | Maria Theresa (MT) Dollars: increase in United Kingdom's (UK) supply desired; reserve to be built up in Aden; dollars to be minted in India; HM Treasury's (HMT) wish to ship from Aden to augment UK's depleted silver reserves; United States (US) offer of silver under Lend-Lease to prevent melting down of MT dollars; shipments from Aden - one to Cape Town and one to Bank for Exchange Equalisation Account (EEA); remaining War Office stocks - 9m coins - taken into EEA; further deliveries; refining by Rothschilds; swaps of MT dollars against bar silver. |
| Original Reference | FE135_9 |