Catalogue Entry: MINT00575

Reply to an order for an account of gold and silver coined since Christmas 1702

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/245, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Contents

Reports on the quantities coined, with a breakdown of the sources of the silver, and on progress with making puncheons and dies for the new copper coinage. Some experimentation is still needed to determine the best way of preparing the copper now to be used, as the workers are only used to dealing with coarser varieties which require less sophisticated treatment.

Printed in NC, 6: 422-3.

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