News in Brief

New Assay Master for UK

The Royal Mint has announced the appointment of Paul Morgan, Head of Coin Design, to the King’s Assay Master role.

It is the responsibility of the Assay Master to serve the reigning monarch and ensure the integrity of British coinage through testing the quality of the coins and precious metals. This includes upholding the integrity of UK Hallmarking standards by auditing the four UK Hallmarking offices annually.

A Deputy Assay Master has also been announced to support Paul, with Daniel Thomas, Technical Manager, appointed to the role.

Coin Aversion Impacts Inflation Fight in Ghana

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, made the comments about Ghanaians aversion to coins during a visit from members of the country’s National Commission for Civic Education(NCCE) visited last week. Amongst its responsibilities, the NCCE works to educate citizens on their rights and duties, including on currency use – for example, with the 2007 cedi redenomination implementation in 2007.