(11)

On the assumption that existing rights were unchanged

the course would serve to limit (once for all)

the risks accepted by those issuing authorities

that cannot or will not maintain adequate backing.

It could also relieve HMG from any increase in its

contingent liability. It does not imply that

currency authorities now adequately covered must

adopt the new arrangement but it might well encourage

some to make a change in order to increase their income.

(h) Removal of legal tender status and demonetisation

This course would relate primarily to existing

coin issues though it would necessarily apply to

future issues too. It main objective would be to

limit convertibility/redeemability by deliberately

shortening the periods during which particular

coin issues were legal tender or redeemable.

While the present strength of the coin market lasts

there would be opportunity to remove some of the

existing liabilities of dependencies by regular

demonetisations with little risk of provoking

large-scale exchanges or redemptions, although any

steps to demonetise or even "de-legal tender"

coins too soon after their issue would result

in damage to the territory's reputation especially

if the coins' legal tender status had been

emphasised in the original marketing campaign.

It would therefore be sensible to begin a process

of demonetisation with the earliest issues.

(i) Guarantees by promotional companies to repurchase

redeemed coins

If redeemability is to be maintained there is a

case for encouraging such guarantees which provide a limited safeguard.

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