Copper and Muntz Metal Sheathing: a global update

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Acknowledgements

I am most grateful to Mr Nico Brinck from Holland who has provided much of this note's information. To my old friend Mr Vin Callcut (Antique Metalware Society/The Historical Metallurgy Society), who answered many of my queries; to Michael Knight for introducing me to coin countermarks. Also to: Mr Yann von Arnim, President, Historical Society of Mauritius and Vice‐President, Mauritius Marine Conservation Society; the late Major Denis B. Trelewicz, Vice‐President of the Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys, and Dr E. Lee Spence both from the USA; Dr Paul F. Johnston, Curator of Maritime History at the Smithsonian Institution; and Mallory R. Haas for their many contributions.

Notes

1. Royal Proclamation: 20 Geo. III, cap. 59: imposing a £100 fine per hundredweight, on any contravention.

2. Libraries and Guildhall Art Gallery, London. Letter to Major Denis B Trelewicz dated 21 January 2004.