Catalogue Entry: MINT00333

'A Third Letter to a Member of Parliament concerning the Value of GUINEAS, and the true Proportion between Gold and Silver'

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: 1717?, c. 5,226 words

Source: MINT 19/2/131-2, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Marginal corrections by Newton.

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Undated printed pamphlet.

^[1] 2^dw^t. {illeg}^gr. / 23^car 3^gr

^[2] Reynolds of the Mint {m}akes it 1^l iij^d; but its never found to {low} now

^[3] The Ducat which consists of 124 sols is the Ducat de Banco, not a piece of money but the name of a summ. Tis also the Ducat {couvant} another summ. And perhaps there may be a price {of} money answering to this summ.

^[4] 3 $\frac{2}{3}$ Crowns or 1541

^[5] 14 $\frac{2}{3}$ to 1

^[6] 3 Guilder Piece is 4 5 6 & 7^ll worse. thehe Ducat is Better 4{ $\frac{1}{2}$ }

^[7] 1: 1

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk

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Catalogue Entry: MINT00333

'A Third Letter to a Member of Parliament concerning the Value of GUINEAS, and the true Proportion between Gold and Silver'

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