| Description | 'Index to Common-Place Books, Relative to Coins and Coinage.' (This item is a printed notebook. On the cover is written the preceding inscription. The item is a 35 page printed notebook apparently written by Samuel Garbett. The item was printed by 'Thomas Pearson, Birmingham.' On the title page of the notebook is written the following inscription; 'General Heads of Memorandums relative to Coins and Coinage. And to substitutes used for coins in England, Holland and Hamburgh, and the expediency of attending to rules established at the Mint, as they affect commerce and the revenue, and are essential for supporting an ample currency of coins, in Gold and Silver, instead of paper and counterfeits.' The notebook has additional hand-written notes throughout.) |