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From:
James Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0585; Reel 1093
Summary:

Large amounts of gold are arriving from U.S., but Bank of England has little. Is gold accumulating at Royal Mint, or is it passing on to France?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
James Wilson
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 August 1851]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0586; Reel 1093
Summary:

Thanks for explaining disposition of gold belonging to Bank of England but stored at Mint. Suspected that importers of U.S. gold were not selling it to Bank but were privately coining it themselves.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project