Ralph Thoresby - William Smith - 1722-04-05

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Ralph Thoresby, Leeds

Ralph Thoresby - William Smith - 1722-04-05
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15607
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Ralph Thoresby
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. William Smith
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . April 5, 1722
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Leeds 53° 47' 50.71" N, 1° 32' 37.66" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Smith 1729, pp. 34-81, Burnett 2020b, p. 5032
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coin Weight , Corrosion
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I have enclosed not only the Weights of the Silver and Gold you desired, but have added four-score, which is my whole stock before the Imperial: And cannot but observe, that the fairest and most perfect come nearest that No. 74. inscribed ARG. PUB. (for Argentum Publicum) viz. two Penny Weight, ten Grains. Those which fall most short are such as have laid many centuries in a corroding Earth, as those found in the Skirts of the Moors, betwixt Yorkshire and Lancashire. ... [a list of weights of coins in Thoresby's collection follows] ' (Smith 1729, pp. 34-8)

References

  1. ^  Smith, William (1729) Literae de Re Nummaria; in Opposition to The Common Opinion that the Denarii Romani were never larger than Seven an Ounce: with some Remarks on Dr Arbuthnot’s Book, and Tables. And some other Miscellanies relating to the same subject, Newcastle.
  2. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.