View Catalog: MINT00622
| Catalog Name | MINT00622 | |
|---|---|---|
| Document | ||
| Title | Report (as ordered by the Treasury) on various methods of ascertaining the purity of copper, and the deficiencies of most methods | |
| Subtitle | ||
| Author | James Bertie | |
| Place of Origin | no place assigned | |
| Origin Date | Before 26 April 1714 | |
| Repository | National Archives (Kew, Richmond) | |
| Pages | 704 | |
| Wordcount | 0 | |
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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.]
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