Coining Cost for 120,000 1926 Half Pence

3rd - 17th March 1926

Work Orders / C.C. 42

Rolling

wages

    9  2

Fillets produced 1849 lbs.

on cost

 1  1  0

P.G. Fillets from stock

18  6 10

Cutting & Annealing

wages

 2  8  5
Blanks produced 1,528 lbs.

on cost

 5 11  8

Press

Wages

 4  0  3

Struck coin 1490 lbs.

On cost

 9 10  6

Dies

13  5  8

Blanks from stock

 1  5  0

Weighing

Wages

   19  1
 

On cost

 1 16  0

Struck Coin

From stock
    4  3
To Stock
    2  1

Net Cost of Order

58 15  9
Cost per 1000 pieces: 9/10
Bronze lost in manufacture 4 lbs at £72 6 0 per ton