Letter concerning the value of the Spanish Riall

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: T 1/136.39, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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  Correspondence relating to Spanish coinage [MINT 19/2/201]

<152r>

To the R^t Hon^ble the Earl of Oxford & Earl Mortimer Lord High Treasurer of great Britain.

May it please yo^r Lord^p

The Spanish piece of money of two Ryalls sent by yo^r Lo^ps order to the Officers of the Mint to be weighed assayed & valued is in weight 3^{dw^t} 6^gr, in assay 3 $\frac{1}{2}$ ^dwt worse then standard, & in value ten pence wanting the third part of a farthing. And twelve such pieces are worth 9^s 11^d.

Crav. Peyton

Is. Newton

^[1] <153v>

Off^rs: {of the} Mint 21 Aug^t 1711 {mo^{illeg}.} value of Spanish Riall.

^[1] Mint Office
22|2| Aug. 1711.

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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