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Catalogue description Royal Mint: Coinage: Imperial (General)
| Reference: | MINT 7 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Royal Mint: Coinage: Imperial (General) |
| Description: |
These consist of some records relating to accounts, 1826-1947; contracts for the supply of blanks for coins and for the supply of coins, 1802-1872; currency notes, 1821-1891; proposals for a decimal coinage, 1817-1920; papers relating to defacement of coins; designs for coins, 1701-1941, including records of the Committee on Design of Coins 1891 to 1892; proclamations relating to royal style and titles, coins minted at Melbourne and design of coins; profit and loss on minting coins; the provision of specimen coins for exhibitions, foundation stones and for sale to the public; reports on coins found as treasure trove; the Trial of the Pyx; and miscellaneous records concerning British coinage. |
| Date: | 1572-1947 |
| Related material: |
Board of Trade papers on trials of the Pyx, 1791 to 1915 are in Exchequer records relating to trials of the Pyx are in E 189 and BT 6 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 156 files and volumes |
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