View Catalog: MINT00651
| Catalog Name | MINT00651 | |
|---|---|---|
| Document | ||
| Title | Royal warrant to Newton to buy and coin copper in quantities fixed by the Treasury | |
| Subtitle | ||
| Author | Isaac Newton | |
| Place of Origin | no place assigned | |
| Origin Date | c. 13 September 1717 | |
| Repository | National Archives (Kew, Richmond) | |
| Pages | 1,226 | |
| Wordcount | 0 | |
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Gives details of design, tests to be performed before and after issue, and the master's allowance of 3 1/4 d. per pound weight coined to cover waste and incidental expenses.||Official copy of the warrant (with the higher poundage of 3 1/2 d.), dated 13 September 1717, in PRO, AO1/1635, p. 281 (printed in CTB, 31, part 3 (1717): 575-7, and calendared in Challis, History, 750). Extracts from this version printed in NC, 6: 412-14.
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