Catalogue Entry: MINT00152

'An Account of the Scotch money'

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/3/2-3, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Contents

Table of the fineness, weight and value of Scottish coins of various dates, with notes on the conversion rates of Scottish and English weights and currency, and the importance of harmonising the two systems (by making the Scots conform to the English).

Notes

[Note on dating: includes the remark 'now (viz anno 1697)'.]

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