Excerpt from The Coinage of William Wood: 1722-1733 I have endeavoured in the following pages to bring together all that is now known concerning the life of William Wood, and also all the information I could glean concerning the various coins issued by him and his representatives subsequent to his decease. For much useful information I am indebted to Crosbie's Early Coinage of America, Simon's Irish Coins, and the Dictionary of National Biography. In regard to the early 1ssue of coins for use ln the Isle of Man, although ...
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Excerpt from The Coinage of William Wood: 1722-1733 I have endeavoured in the following pages to bring together all that is now known concerning the life of William Wood, and also all the information I could glean concerning the various coins issued by him and his representatives subsequent to his decease. For much useful information I am indebted to Crosbie's Early Coinage of America, Simon's Irish Coins, and the Dictionary of National Biography. In regard to the early 1ssue of coins for use ln the Isle of Man, although we have no documentary evidence to connect them with William Wood, yet, on account of the marked similarity in style and execution, and, above all, the fact of their issue being simultaneous with those for Ireland and the American Colonies, I think we are quite justified in attributing them to him. In this View I find myself supported by the late D1. Clay, who touches on this point ln his Manx Currency.' All the coins emanating from the mint of William Wood show great beauty of design and execution, though the weights of individual specimens show con siderable differences. We must readily admit, however, that they were infinitely superior to any Copper currency that had made its appearance up to that time, and indeed to any subsequent lssue until 1797, at which time Boulton and Watt issued from the Soho Mint their magnificent copper coinage, struck by steam-power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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