Fragmentary holograph notes on whether the coins should be received in London or Port Mahon [in Minorca]

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/196, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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<196r>

That those\Spanish/ dollars are 1^{dw^t} worse then sta & \{illeg}\are valued/ at London {illeg} {th}\as bullion/ &/ if they should be brought to London they may be weighed at the Mint & valued as bullion 1^{dw^t} worse then stan, or at 5^s 1 $\frac{3}{4}$ ^d sterling\sterling/ per ounce.

But if they are received by tale at Port M{illeg}|a|ha{illeg}|n|, they may be taken at 17^{dw^t} 10^gr a piece {illeg} Troy {illeg} at 4^s 5^d $\frac{3}{4}$ a piece in English mon

<196v>

8, 4|5|1, 20^{s}, {sic} 12^d {sic} = 1900 Dollar
8, 4|5|1, 24 = 190 Dollars

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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