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Senate House Library, University of London

Account of an illegal coinage trial


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 181

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Account of an illegal coinage trial

Date(s): 1858-1859

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 55 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume containing an account of the discovery, trial and conviction of Antonio Calvocorressi and Thomas Moss for causing Turkish coin to be illegally made in Birmingham, 1858. Includes a prefaratory letter from the Turkish Consulate in Birmingham to the 'Monsieur Mussurus, Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, London', dated 15 Jun 1859.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Manuscript quarto. Bound in quarter-morocco.

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Coinage | Antiquities | Works of art | Arts
Legal procedure | Administration of justice
Money | Financial resources | Finance
Movable cultural property

Personal names
Calvorcorressi | Antonio | fl 1858 | illegal coin maker
Moss | Thomas | fl 1858 | illegal coin maker

Corporate names

Places
Birmingham | Warwickshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Turkey | Middle East