Catalogue Entry: MINT00610
Petitions for a licence to coin £180,000 in copper and criticises Newton's specimen copper coins as being made of inferior copper and given a high artificial gloss which will soon wear off
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[See T. 27/21.151, MINT01046, for the Treasury's referral of this petition to the Mint, 12 March 1713/4, printed in NC, 6: 74-5 (erroneously naming the applicant as William instead of James Bertie). See also Craig, NATM, 97-8: Newton considered £120,000 adequate as the total sum of copper coin in circulation.]
