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Catalogue Entry: MINT00608

Further to an oral enquiry, explains the hammer test of copper and gives a detailed account of the costs involved in coining

Author: Newton, Isaac

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Draft of PRO, Mint 1/7, pp. 60-61 (printed in NC, 6: 55-7).

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