Holograph note that Rotherham says his invention can be tried out in ten days' time if he is guaranteed the requested hereditary Mint post in the event of its being accepted

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/488, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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M^r Rotherham represents that his Proposal of making such money as cannot be counterfeited in private Mints, may be tried in ten days by the ordinary Dyes, & blanks of gold or silver, & coining presses, & a certain material to be prepared within that time; & that he is willing to let it be tried before such witnesses as his Majesty shall appoint, upon condition tha{t} whenever his Majesty shall think fit that this his Proposall be put in practise for coining the moneys of Gold & Silver he & his heirs for ever shall be appointed inspector of the Dyes Puncheons & Edgers with a Salary of a thousand pounds per annum to be paid in the Mint Office as other Salaries are paid.

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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