Primary tabs
Transcription
[Page 10]
that he is furnishd with
he thinks London the best Place to Coin in & would deliver his halfpence at the Tower or the Bank at the Price proposd
he is of opinion that the only mode of Stopping Counterfeiters is to Provide national Coin of a size as nearly as possible Equal to its intrinsic value & Proposes an ounce of the proper weight of a penny & ½ an ounce of a halfpenny
he thinks delicacy of workmanship & especialy a Bright Edge of no use against Counterfeiting because the Copper is too Soft to retain them long & he deprecates the use of any mixture that will harden Copper because the alteration of Color that must arise from the mixture would open the door to Counterfeits
he offers to Sell Scales at 12d a pair which may be fastend to a basket or a stall & will weigh Copper Coin almost as fast as it can be Counted
he thinks weight alone a defence against Counterfeiters but says that the Public did not like the anglesey pence because of their weight he therefore advises on Issue of halfpence he says that 300 Tons of Counterfeits were Issued at Birmingham in the Two last years & that the Trade Continues
his Specimens are
2 anglesey pence 1788 struck in [Callen?]
200 half pence do Rough Edges
1 wilkinsons halfpenny
1 Proof in Silver Britannia with a Lion
Painting of a Ship intended for halfpenny 1788
[in margin] 1798 Feb 2
Weighd 4 halfpence Quite new from the Mint & they
weighd 600 Grains Each 150
Boulters new halfpenny 219 difference 69 grains
4 new farthings from the Mint 286 72
Boultons Farthing --------- 110 difference 38 ----
[in margin] Decr. 12 Price of Copper
Mr. Smith of Hounditch states tough Cake at ----- £112
Mines Royal Company ----- 112