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Catalog Name MINT00625
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Title Reply to a Treasury enquiry about copper coinage techniques
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Author Isaac Newton
Place of Origin no place assigned
Origin Date c. 15 November 1714
Repository National Archives (Kew, Richmond)
Pages 869
Wordcount 0
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Printed in NC, 6: 190-2. Copy in PRO, T29/22, pp. 26-8 (dated 15 November 1714 and reproduced in CTB, 29, part 2 (1714-15): 28-9).||Recommends coining copper from hammered bars. Details of assay procedure, checks for consistency of weight and provisions for the pyx trial. Recommends Thomas Eyres as supplier and encloses copies of his and the moneyers' terms. The Mint buildings where the coining will be done are in need of repair.

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