Catalogue Entry: MINT00883

'Observations concerning the Mint'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1697?, c. 1,864 words

Source: MINT 19/1/10-11, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Contents

Describes the processes of assaying, melting and coining, specifying costs, manpower required and rate of output. [Probably prepared for the Commons Committee for the Miscarriages of the Mint, 1697.]

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