| Description | Includes:
- correspondence (December 1975-November 1988) between Mr. R.N.J. Wright (researcher) and Mr. Colin H. Perry (Managing Director of The Birmingham Mint) regarding chinese coins, historical records held by The Birmingham Mint and the chinese mints built and supplied by Ralph Heaton & Sons [closed until 01 December 2069]
- correspondence (January 1980) between J.F. Ford (researcher) and Colin H. Perry regarding chinese coinage, the establishment by Ralph Heaton & Sons of the Imperial Mint in Canton in the early 1890s and a Mint in Nanking in 1896-7, and the supply of machinery and dies by Ralph Heaton & Sons for several chinese provincial mints [closed until 01 February 2060]
- photocopies of articles on chinese coinage by Richard Wright and others, 1974-1989
Photographs (12) of:
- A Silver Medal of the Order of the Double Dragon and Blue Button conferred on the late Mr. Edward Wyon by the Empress of China
- A Gold Badge presented to the late Mr. Edward Wyon for his services in supervising the erection of the Imperial Mint at Canton 1892
- A translation of a letter from The Imperial Mint (23 October 1893) requesting that the Mint accept the above Gold Badge through Edward Wyon (2 photos)
- 3 images on same photograph – a portrait of Mr. Ralph Heaton J.P., the Imperial Mint Canton, employees of the Imperial Mint
- Chinese document
- Cantonese coins 1887
- Shen si province coins 1898
- Hunan province coins 1898
- Hong Kong coins 1865, 1880, 1892
- Nanking province coins 1896
- Cantonese coins 1889 |