Advertises his discovery of a new method of coining to make coins more durable and prevent counterfeiting, which he offers to reveal for a suitable reward

Author: John Rotherham

Source: MINT 19/1/486-7, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

Additional Information
- Notes on the Electronic Edition
  - You are currently reading the normalized version of this text. Normalized transcriptions provide a tidied-up view of the original text. Editorial interventions are applied to expand abbreviations and correct textual mistakes. Additions are silently included within the body text and deleted text is not displayed. Switching to the diplomatic view of this text will show 2 deletions, reveal 2 additions and not apply 7 editorial regularizations.
- Revision History
  - 1 January 2001
    - Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young
  - 29 September 2011
    - Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins
  - 4 February 2017
    - Transcribed by Will Scott
- Download MINT00871.xml and schema (advanced users only)

<486r>

To Their Excellencies The Lords Iustices

The Memorial of John Rotherham.

Most Humbly Sheweth.

That your Memorialist has for may years past considered of the many Inconveniencies which arise from the present Current Coin of this Kingdom being frequently counterfeited, and that it would very much Conduce to the Honour and Interest of his sacred Majesty and his Realms if in time to come Counterfeiting the coin were prevented.

That your Memorialist has by many years study and by much Expence in the Nature of mettals found out an Effectual way to prevent the Current Coin of this Kingdom being Counterfeited And by your Memorialists Method the Gold and Silver Coins will be more durable than if coined the way now used, And it will be imporssible to lessen their value by Liquids or any other means whatever without Demolishing the whole Body.

And to the End a Thing so highly beneficial to the King & Kingdom may not be lost Your Memorialist humbly proposes to give full satisfaction herein by words or Writing and to shew the Experiment itself provided he may be first assured of imediate and reasonable terms of benefit for such Discovery

Therefore most humbly prays your Excellency's would be pleased to referr the Examination of the Matter herein before set forth to such Person or Persons as your Excellencies shall think fit.

Iohn Rotherham

<487v>

In^o. Rotheram's Memorial

proposal to prevent counterfeiting the Coyn

Sir Is. Newt{on}