Notes on the proportion of coins of various reigns found in a sample of £101

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/2/91, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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Five shillings of Iacob 1 wanted 17^gr. 24^gr, 34^gr, 30^gr, 27^gr, so that a shilling weares a grain in about 18 years.

Q Eliz Shillings 24, 38, 33

q. Eliz sixpences 60, 72.

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Elizabeth shillings	6^℔	18^s		Eliz shillings to sixpences in number as 11 to 12 in total value or weight as 6 to 11.
Iacobus I shillings	6	12		Car. I shillings to sixpences in number 12 to 1
Carolus I shillings	4.	6		Iac. I shillings to sixpences in number 9 to 1
Carolus II shillings	13.	12		Eliz. Iacob. 1, Car. I shillings in number as 7. 4 $\frac{2}{3}$ 13 $\frac{1}{2}$ . $\frac{3}{5}$ ∷ 32. 2. 5 $\frac{3}{4}$ . $\frac{1}{4}$ ∷ 12. 8. 23. 1
Edw. VI shillings	0.	8		Eliz. Iac I. Car I. Car II sixpences ∷ 15. 1. 1 $\frac{4}{5}$ . 0.
Phil & Mar. Shillings	0.	5		Iac I. Car 1. Car II $\frac{1}{2}$ crowns as 1. 16 $\frac{1}{4}$ . 1.
Edw IV in sixpences	0.	2		Total $\frac{1}{2}$ Crown shillings 6 pences ∷ 9 $\frac{1}{8}$ . 26 $\frac{1}{20}$ . 4 $\frac{13}{20}$ ∷ 2. 5 $\frac{2}{3}$ . 1.
Eliz. in sixpences	3.	15
Iacob. I in sixpences	0.	5
Car I in sixpences	0.	11
Iac I in half crowns	0.	10^s
Carol I in half crowns	8.	2.	6^d
	0.	10.	0
	38.	16.	6

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

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