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a spiritual father and kind benefactor. I am sure 
all will join with me in this feeling when I men- 
tion the name of the Rev. John Poole, of Enmore. 
He considers those base coins to be the work of 
forgers, and was one of the party when so many 
moulds and a few coins were found on the 
Nidon. 
I believe his argument is, “if those coins were 
sanctioned by legal authority, how came the 
obverses of so many Emperors and Cxsars to be in 
circulation at the same time? Why had not the 
makers of the moulds taken the reigning Emperors 
only? My reply is, that if I had the same work to 
undertake, I should select all the best coins I could 
find, as to preservation, for the purpose of stamping 
the moulds, so as to obtain the highest relief on the 
coins to be cast from them. I believe in all countries, 
coins of different reigns have been generally in cir- 
culation, and in the reign of George III, when the 
silver coins were much worn, they were called in, 
and in order to enrich my cabinet, I was allowed by 
my friends who were partners in Mr. Stuckey’s 
bank, to attend daily at their receiving house, when 
I procured crowns, half-crowns, shillings and six- 
pences of Charles II, James II, William and Mary, 
William alone, Anne, George I, George II, and 
George III. —We have at present in circulation, 
coins of George III, George IV, William IV, as well 
as those of her present Majesty, Queen Victoria. 
In order to support my argument, I shall con- 
