SARAJEVO Bosnia-Herzegovina AP A shipment of nine million newly minted coins reached Bosnia on Tuesday to replace chewing gum and chocolate bars as the country's loose change. The coins made by London's Royal Mint are the first to reach Bosnia since the summer when the country introduced a new currency the Konvertibilna Marka. The currency valued at one German Mark or about 63 cents had been issued only in bank notes until now. Due to the lack of coinage Bosnian shops use chewing gum as ersatz 10 Fening coins and small chocolate bars to replace 20 Fening coins. There are 100 Fenings to the Marka. ``We will waste no time putting the coins into circulation ... so that people can feel them jingling in their pockets'' said Peter Nicholl the governor of Bosnia's Central Bank. ``A sound that symbolizes a solid future built on a sound currency.'' The 10 20 and 50 Fening coins are to be put into general circulation this month. While shops had given chewing gum and chocolate bars as small change they refused to accept them as payment for goods. Many customers have been left with large candy stashes. Bosnia's market used up to four different currencies until this summer when the Kovertibilna Marka was launched. The Bosnian Serbs used the Yugoslav Dinar the Bosnian Croats the Croatian Kuna and the central Muslim-dominated parts their own money. The German Mark remains accepted everywhere. APW19981201.1067.txt.body.html APW19981201.1155.txt.body.html