| Description | Contains original testimonial letters from clients of Ralph Heaton & Sons and the Birmingham Mint with a typed list of the testimonials, as follows:
- 'Royal Mint, 1861 (re proposed Sardinia coinage)'
- 'Lord Mayor, 1861 (re proposed Sardinia coinage)' [Lord Mayor of Birmingham]
- 'Various, 1861' (re proposed Sardinia coinage)'
- 'Williams Foster & Co., Copper Smelters, 1861'
- 'Haiti 1864' [in French]
- 'Canada, silver coinage, 1872'
- 'Germany, bronze blanks, 1876'
- 'Denmark, bronze blanks, 1876' [in Danish]
- 'Royal Mint, 1876'
- 'Royal Mint 1877' [with covering letter]
- 'Crown Agents, Mauritius coinage, 1877'
- 'Jersey, 1877'
- 'Lord Mayor, 1877' [Lord Mayor of Birmingham]
- 'Crown Agents, 1878'
- 'Royal Mint, coin presses, 1879'
- 'Royal Mint, 1880'
- 'Lord Mayor, 1880' [Lord Mayor of Birmingham]
- 'Italy, 1881' [in Italian, with translation on the reverse]
- 'Canada, silver and bronze coins, 1882'
- 'J.Hart (?) & Co., re. Central American coinage, 1883'
- 'British North Borneo Co., 1883'
- 'Ecuador, 1888' [in Spanish]
- 'East Africa Co., copper and silver coins, 1891'
- 'Guernsey, copper coinage, 1891'
- 'British North Borneo Co., copper coinage, 1891'
- 'Ecuador, 1891'
- 'Costa Rica, 1891'
- 'Siam, bronze coinage, 1891'
- 'Portugal, silver blanks, 1891'
- 'Royal Mint, 1892'
- 'Colombia, silver recoinage, 1892'
- 'Colombia, silver recoinage, 1894'
- 'Lord Mayor, 1901 (re proposal for Bulgaria)' [Lord Mayor of Birmingham. This testimonial is a handwritten copy]
- 'Canada, silver coinage, 1903'
- Mexico, 1907' [in Spanish with translation attached]
- 'Royal Mint, 1909 re Straits Settlements, Egypt, Hong Kong, Morocco, Newfoundland, Zanzibar, Canada).'
- 'Royal Mint, 1912'
- 'Ecuador, silver coinage, 1915'
The file also contains a typed list of nickel coinages executed by The Mint Birmingham, Ltd. 1869 - 1911. |