ID 1032747
Lot 95 | A summons in a counterfeiting case
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
One page, vellum, 68 x 310mm (visible). (vertical creases, some text toward right margin faded). Framed with an engraving of Newton by Houbraken after Kneller.
Isaac Newton summons a witness in a counterfeiting case. Newton, the Master of the Royal Mint, issues a summons to a coffeman by the name of Kiftell in St. Margaret's Parish to testify what he knows about Samuel Tibbs "counterfeiting … current Coyn of this Realm…." In December of the same year, Newton would become Master of the Mint, a post he held until his death in 1727.
| Artist: | Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) |
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| Place of origin: | USA |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Medicine & science |
| Artist: | Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727) |
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| Place of origin: | USA |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Medicine & science |
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