James Bertie
James Bertie
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| Id | Catalog Name | Title | Subtitle | Author Id | Archive Id | Document Name | Wordcount | Pages | Origin Place Id | Origin Date | Notes | Created | Updated At | Actions |
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| 7343 | MINT00610 | Petitions for a licence to coin 180,000 in copper and criticises Newton's specimen copper coins as being made of inferior copper and given a high artificial gloss which will soon wear off | 95 | 38 | 420 | 4 March 1713/14 | [See T. 27/21.151, MINT01046, for the Treasury's referral of this petition to the Mint, 12 March 1713/4, printed in NC, 6: 74-5 (erroneously naming the applicant as William instead of James Bertie). See also Craig, NATM, 97-8: Newton considered 120,000 adequate as the total sum of copper coin in circulation.] | 7/28/21, 3:51 PM | 7/28/21, 3:51 PM | View Edit Delete | ||||
| 7359 | MINT00622 | Report (as ordered by the Treasury) on various methods of ascertaining the purity of copper, and the deficiencies of most methods | 95 | 38 | 704 | Before 26 April 1714 | On reverse: Treasury note to refer the proposal to the Mint, dated 26 April 1714.||The hammer test is the only reliable one. Affirms the superiority of hammered over cast coin, despite its greater cost. Bertie offers to undertake the production of hammered coin 'at the rate I formerly proposed to your Lordship'.||[See Craig, NATM, 97-8.] | 7/28/21, 3:51 PM | 7/28/21, 3:51 PM | View Edit Delete |