Holograph memorandum deprecating a new alloy of silver and zinc in unknown proportions

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Danger of a clamour. A power in the King or Regency to stop the coinage That the Comptroller see them melted down again as often as it is without the Remedy.

The Composition not yet discovered. It makes a hard brittle metal not coinage & must be altered to make it malleable. The quantity of silver in it unknown. The Zink evaporates fast & by evaporating the colour will change, amp; therefore the composition is unfit for other uses. A mixture of silver & copper of more value.