Showing 521–540 of 540 with category: Clippers, Coiners and Embezzlers
MINT00868: Further to an enquiry by the warden [Craven Peyton], recommend he continue to be allowed a clerk-cum-solicitor to assist in prosecuting counterfeiters. Details of recommended salary and permissible expenses for the post
Author: Newton, Isaac, Bladen, Martin (Comptroller)
Metadata: 5 July 1715, c. 909 words.
Source: MINT 19/1/450-51, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT01196: Copy of response to Sandford's memorial, detailing the salary and expenses allowance of a clerk for assistance in prosecuting clippers and counterfeiters
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: 5 Jul 1715, c. 847 words.
Source: MINT 1/8/108-9, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
MINT00880: Holograph note that Rotherham says his invention can be tried out in ten days' time if he is guaranteed the requested hereditary Mint post in the event of its being accepted
Author: Newton, Isaac
Metadata: August 1720, c. 132 words.
Source: MINT 19/1/488, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
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