Question On Very Old English Mint Coinage

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xxxxmadnessxxxx Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 03/06/2007 1:26 pm havent posted in awhile, so it's good to be back. hi to everyone who missed me ;p in history today, my professor mentioned Sir Isaac Newton was appointed warden of The Royal Mint in 1696 until he died in 1727. during this period of time, to reduce counterfeiting, he added reeded rims to the edges of the coins, which stopped people from "clipping" (the act of cutting a thin layer of silver or gold from the edges) coins. ive spent some time now searching the internet for some images of these coins, as I'm not familiar with foreign coins. my question to the forums is: anybody have any images I could refer to of coins BEFORE and AFTER sir isaac newton was head of the mint? i'd like to pass these pictures off to my professor so he could possibly use them in his lectures. thanks a bunch for the help. i know a lot of people enjoyed some of my finds so I'm gonna list some of the stuff I've found from my register at work since last posting... 50x+ wheat pennies, four being in excellent condition with amazing shine. 4-5x buffalo's 1907 Liberty nickel 10-15 silver dimes 4-5 silver quarters i recently refused a promotion at work because I would have spent less time at the register. I couldnt handle being without the ability and possibility to find some amazing coins. the day I refused the promotion, I found the Liberty nickel in a roll of bank circulated nickels. it just shocks me someone wouldnt notice that in circulation... Report this Post to the Staff

triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 9368 Posts	Posted 03/06/2007 5:25 pm Refusing a promotion, now that's dedication to coin collecting. I hope you didn't knock back a large pay increase as well, you could have bought more coins. You have some nice finds there. Steve Report this Post to the Staff
xxxxmadnessxxxx Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 03/06/2007 5:38 pm well, it was only 50 cents more an hour, which really is not much. but it had some bonuses for encouraging the sale of particular items, which adds up very fast. I dont mind though, it's too exciting to find good coins. I find 2-3 wheaties, 2-3 1939-50's jeffersons almost every night. my goal is to fill a massive jug full of wheat pennies; its a quarter full already... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 03/06/2007 6:12 pm Some links you might be interested in: From the British Royal Mint Museum website - an article on Isaac Newton's tenure there. Some pics of English/British coinage here on this site. Most were modern, but there are a couple of older ones there: Shilling (?) 1663 Shilling 1696 Shilling 1711 I think coins had some kind of reeding or security edge on them prior to Newton's tenure, but it seems he would have improved on them. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
rggoodie Moderator United States 23478 Posts	Posted 03/06/2007 6:47 pm Newton was the man [quote]Even beyond the world science Newton led an eventful life, which included a period as Master of The Royal Mint. Until Newton reformed the nation's currency, Britain was on the point of economic collapse. Most importantly he introduced milled coins, which prevented the practice of clipping - the removal a coin's edge and turning clippings into new coins. He went on to frequent brothels and bars in an effort to hunt down counterfeiters, who he would have hung drawn and quartered. Here was a scientist who could explain gravity, create calculus, humiliate his rivals, dabble in alchemy and still have time to torture counterfeiters - those were the days![/] rggoodie aka Richard "catch em doing something right" Report this Post to the Staff
josie Valued Member Ireland 498 Posts	Posted 03/07/2007 07:28 am Thats a lot of info Thanks to all. Report this Post to the Staff
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