| Description | Papers related to the core business of the Assay Office. Includes customer records (day books, punch registers, registration forms, assay notes, etc) as well as more technical material related to the practical aspects of assaying and hallmarking (assay books, laboratory notebooks, Trial of Diet certificates, etc.). Also includes papers related to investigations undertaken on assay records of specific clients following the Brinx-Matt Bullion robbery in 1983.
Includes the following series:
Day Books, 1773 - 1991 (SAO/6/1)
Summary Books, 1774 - 1988 (SAO/6/2)
Punch Registers, 1896 - 1975 (SAO/6/3)
Quality Control Registers, 1975 - 1988 (SAO/6/4)
[Punch] Registration Forms, 1897 - 1992 (SAO/6/5)
[Punch] [Re-registration Forms, 1986 - 1992 (SAO/6/6)
Quality Control Registration Forms, 1982 - 1995 (SAO/6/7)
[Bullion] Bar Control Registration Forms, 1987 - 1991 (SAO/6/8)
Goods Broken-up Books, 1773 - 1975 (SAO/6/9)
Gold Assay Books, 1947 - 1988 (SAO/6/10)
Silver Assay Books, 1963 - 1971 (SAO/6/11)
Platinum Assay Books, 1981 - 1989 (SAO/6/12)
Notebooks on Gold and Silver Stocks, 1876 - 1992 (SAO/6/13)
Certificates, 1904 - 1992 (SAO/6/14)
Registration Packs, 1986 - 2001 (SAO/6/15)
Assay Notes, 1773 - 1774 (SAO/6/16)
Trial of Diet Certificates, 1857 - 1949 (SAO/6/17)
Brinx-Mat Robbery Investigations, 1773 - 1991 (SAO/6/18) |