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[Colonial Numismatics] Why Silver Wood Pieces Syd???
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Thanks for that post Jeff. Makes sense, and I don't think there is any way
that Sir Isaac Newton was paid off to fudge the numbers. David
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From: jhlipsky@aol.com
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Subject: Re: Spam:Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Why Silver Wood Pieces Syd???
I picked up a 1941 edition of The Drapier's Letters and other works of=20
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edited by Davis at the Kansas City public library used book sale last year =
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for 25 cents. In appendix c pages 187 and 188 there is a report on the
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and fineness of Woods Hibernia pieces done by Sir Isaac Newton and two=20
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gentlemen. They conclude that the coins are of good weight and fineness, =
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better in fact than the regal Irish halfpence of Kings, Charles, James, and
William.=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
- Jeff Lipsky=20=20
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