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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
7 January 1853
Source of text:
BeRO MS D/EBy F48 109/2
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Faraday Project
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What quantity of copper coins for Ireland and colonies should be called for in bids? Estimate at least 300 tons for Ireland. What quantity in sterling is equivalent to one ton of copper pence, halfpence, and farthings? What colony ordered half- and quarter-farthings? [JH annotation: Ton of copper = £224. Ionian Isles and Ceylon use small copper coins.]
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