Manuscripts

Medals and coins honoring Sir Isaac Newton

Description: Collection of medals and coins commemorating Sir Isaac Newton's achievements at the Royal Mint and scientific endeavors. The collection contains various medals, medallions and coins (some in plaster replica) depicting posthumous tributes to Newton issued by the Royal Mint, Wedgwood and other private sources, chiefly between 1730 and 1800. It also includes a plaster replica of a medal honoring William Stukeley (1687-1765), Newton's first biographer, and coinage representing Newton's tenure at the Mint.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1667-1951
Call number: mssBabsonMedals
Provenance: On long term-loan from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, November 2006.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Fragile. Available with curator approval. May require special handling instructions and extended retrieval and delivery time.
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Plaster replicas of Obverse and reverse of Newton portrait medal by L.B. Ob. Bust facing to right. With comet. "Sir Isaac Newton." "L.B." "Died 20 March 1727." Rev. "sir Isaac was born at Woolsthorpe in the Soke of Grantham Decr. 25th 1642 and educated at the Free Grammar Schoool of King Edward the Sixth [windmill device] Grantham"
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