1973 B'ham Mint reference, etc.
Hi Chris
Sent you a PM with the exact reference for the 1973 piece from The Times about the Birmingham Mint paying £60,000 for J. R. Gaunt & Son. As I’ve said, once I’ve had a chance to go through things, I’ll post up some more information on Gaunt’s history. In the meantime here’s another small snippet – it seems J. R. Gaunt & Son (Canada) Limited, i.e. the Montreal branch, were incorporated on 7 July 1908.
Best regards
Martin
P.S. If anyone would like to see an actual copy of the circular letter about the Firmin takeover of Gaunts in 1991, the text for which btns has now posted up for us, there’s currently a digital version of this on John Dunnigan’s site here
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