Catalogue Entry: MINT00668

'A Proposal Humbly offered to the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled'

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/402, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Contents

Anonymous proposal to coin 1,000 tons of copper in ten years. On reverse: Newton's adverse comments on the scheme.

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