The Royal Mint

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. This forceful insider's account turns the Royal Mint into a battlefield of science, politics, and public accountability. Written by a former Mint chemist and revised into a broader challenge to Treasury and parliamentary authority, it begins with the author's surprise that his earlier exposure of Mint and government abuses drew attention far beyond Britain, even among foreign mints and governments. He thanks supporters but insists that the real issue is not personal grievance, but the punishment of civil servants who tell the truth about official misconduct. The narrative then explains how he was brought into the Mint in 1856, amid disorder and pressure to reform an institution whose imperial standing was at risk. Given unusual authority to restore efficiency, he presents a practical, firsthand account of coining, from the old hammered process to modern machinery, and from bullion assay to the legal and financial rules governing gold and silver. Along the way, he attacks favoritism, waste, misleading official claims, and the privileged role of the Bank of England, while arguing that genuine reform demands accountability, not public relations. A final appeal for coining by contract offers a concrete alternative to entrenched bureaucracy.