MINT00871: Advertises his discovery of a new method of coining to make coins more durable and prevent counterfeiting, which he offers to reveal for a suitable reward
Author: Rotherham, John
Metadata: Before 11 October 1720, c. 242 words.
Source: MINT 19/1/486-7, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00878: Copies of two broadly similar petitions requesting a hereditary post in the Mint at £1,000 p.a. in perpetuity in exchange for revealing his new coining method
Author: Rotherham, John
Metadata: Before 15 October 1721, c. 736 words.
Source: MINT 19/1/490, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK