From:
Thomas Bell
To:
William Henry Smyth
Date:
7 December 1852
Source of text:
MM/19/102, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
No summary available.
Inland Revenue office does not understand that punches and dies for coins may be produced outside Mint. Anthony de Rothschild claims to have lost large sum due to improper assay [of gold], but still wants to sell £10,000 more to Mint. Mint can comply with only first part of order from House of Commons; second part requires information kept secret by Bank of England.
Requests publication of a letter [see John Stewart's [1852]] that JH received from Stewart and in which Stewart explains an effective photographic process Stewart uses.