Copy of a request for a report on the state of the gold and silver coins of the kingdom since the reduction of 6d in a guinea
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Sir.
I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majestys Treasury to desire You will please to lay before them any Remarks and Observations You may have made upon the state of the Gold and Silver Coins of this Kingdom since the Reduction of 6d. in the Guinea made in the last session of Parliament. 7th. Octobr. 1718
C Stanhope
Sir Isaac Newton
Source
T 27/22.355, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK7 Oct 1718, c. 65 words.