The transcript of this letter is not available online on Ɛpsilon.
Please cite as “Herschel12770,” in Ɛpsilon: The Sir John Herschel Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel12770
Transfer of refinery from Mint to Anthony de Rothschild is delayed by failure to determine value of platinum vessels. Bank of England's demand for silver coins and half sovereigns is becoming urgent. Questions organization of new Weighing room. Staff of Mint clerks must be increased during intense coining activity. Effectiveness of weighing machine.
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
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