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Catalog Name MINT00206
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Title On the value of the Imperial dollar and uncertainty as to whether the term refers to the common dollar or the Rix dollar (Reichsthaler), which is worth more
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Author Isaac Newton
Place of Origin no place assigned
Origin Date 11 April 1720.
Repository National Archives (Kew, Richmond)
Pages 980
Wordcount 0
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'Rix' or 'Reichs' is said to mean 'Imperial' [it does], 'But I am not skilled in the German language'. Uncertainty about the current rate of exchange between English and Swedish currency.||Draft of PRO, T1/227, no. 31 (printed in Shaw, 196-7, with the erroneous reference T1/217, and in NC, 7: 88-9). See NC, 7: 87-8 for the Treasury's request for this information.

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