Letter on the Scarcity of Copper Coin in the Isle of Man (1778)
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- Name
- Letter on the Scarcity of Copper Coin in the Isle of Man (1778)
- Description
- A letter from Richard Dawson (Governor of the Isle of Man) to a senior government official (addressed as 'My Lord') requesting permission to issue copper coinage to alleviate a shortage of small change affecting trade, particularly the herring fishery. The letter outlines the historical distinction between Manx and English copper currency, the 1758 date of the last coinage, and proposes a three-hundred-pound issue of pence and one-hundred-fifty-pound issue of half-pence bearing the King's head and the Island's arms.
- Date
- 12 September 1778
- Related To
- George III
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- Crown Administration
- Type
- Administrative Correspondence
- Date Created
- 1778-09-12
- Creator
- Richard Dawson, Governor of the Isle of Man
- Audience
- Unidentified Treasury or Government official (addressed as 'My Lord')
- Identifier
- SP 48/2 p164
- Language
- English