Clerical copy of MINT00597 (Mint 19/2/426) with an annotation by Newton
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<text in Unknown’s hand begins>Aproposall of the Provost & Monyrs. To the Honbl. Sr. Isaac Newton. In Relation to the Coynage of Copper half pence and farth:
Drawing & cutting, Nealing, blanching Scouring & bearing the Waste at ꝑ ll. | } | 1d. |
Coyning. Finding Dyes, & Paying the Ingraver, 40s. ꝑ Tun. as in the Last Coynage at ꝑ llwt. | } | 2. |
<text in Isaac Newton’s hand begins>The Founder demands 15s pr C for melting into barrs.
Source
MINT 19/2/397, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK9 March 1710/11, c. 71 words.