Catalogue Entry: MINT00395
Request for advice on various aspects of Mint practice
Contents
Asks for clarification of the rules relating to the pyx trial and the permissible margin of error. Detailed queries about bookkeeping and the types of metal that may or may not be accepted from the moneyers for various purposes, with an account of traditional Scottish practice. Complains about the poor quality of foreign coin being received and the lack of funds for tools, repairs and payment of the master's commission.
On reverse: fragmentary note in Newton's hand about a Lady Warwood.
Notes
Signed by Scott.
Related Material
Printed in NC, 4: 510-12.
