Isaac Newton and the Royal Mint

I posted this because I find Newton's time at the mint fascinating:

* He made innovations in minting that resulted in more accurate, precise coins whose quality gained fame.

- this blog

* New innovations in making coins harder to clip by adding milled edges

- https://blog.perthmint.com.au/2015/09/29/how-isaac-newton-he...

* He set up a spy ring - networks of informers - and he even went undercover himself to hunt down counterfeiters.

- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/sep/05/newton-detecti...

* Invented the modern gold standard:

- https://medium.com/ralph-benkos-the-lure-and-lore-of-gold/wh...

Really great stuff!