From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
[Charles Edward Trevelyan]
Date:
[5 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0678.2; Reel 1089
Summary:
Reports total coinage from 1814 to 1853 and silver coinage from 1801 to 1815. Gives reasons why gold coins in circulation 'fall far short' of those minted. History of copper coinage since 1790.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project