Catalogue Entry: MINT00690

Argument for an increase in the price of tin

Author: John Williams

Metadata: After 18 August 1705, c. 931 words

Source: MINT 19/3/597-9, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Further to discussions with the Mint and the Lord Chamberlain's office on 1 and 18 August respectively (both of whom he admits were less than fully convinced by his arguments), Williams insists again that an increase in the price of tin will not lead to reduced consumption or undercutting by competitors.