Holograph notes on loss of weight of old hammered coin since the reign of Edward VI

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/90, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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In weighing some old hammered unclipt money, I found the crowns of King Edw^d about 10 or 11 grains too light, the $\frac{1}{2}$ crowns of K James & K. Charles I too light by 4 per cent the hoarded shillings of K Edward by 7 $\frac{1}{4}$ per cent, the shillings of Q. Eliz by 10 per cent, those of K James by 5 $\frac{1}{10}$ per cent, those of K. Char. I by 4 $\frac{1}{2}$ per cent. Half crowns of K. Char I by 4 per cent. Whence these shillings weare 1 per cent in about 15 years & half crowns 1 per cent in 19 or 20 years. And by consequence milled shillings weare 1 per cent in about 24 years

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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