Thanks JJ for the counterfeit coin he sent; JH comments on the possibility of oval coinage.
Letter details
Record number
Herschel11093
From
Sir John Herschel
To
James Prescott Joule
Date
[26 December 1857]
Sent from
Collingwood
Source of text
RS:HS 23.216
Physical description
C 1p
Additional information
Record created for the Calendar of the Correspondence of Sir John Herschel (CUP: Cambridge), 1998 by
Michael J. Crowe ed., David R. Dyck and James J. Kevin assoc. eds
Digital record created by
Dr Marvin Bolt and Steven Lucy at the Webster Institute of the Adler Planetarium
Converted to TEI by
Michael Hawkins, Epsilon Project, Cambridge University Library