Item 1961/1 - Two letters from Stanisław Suchodolski

2 items, paper

Two letters from Stanisław Suchodolski:
(a) typescript, single page, dated from Warsaw on 18 January 1961, thanking IS for his letter but explaining that he hesitates to comment on die durability. There are neither written sources nor dies available in Poland for study. The figure of 3000-5000 widely accepted in the Polish literature is merely indicative. It may be correct for the 11th-12th centuries, when coinage in Poland was very primitive, but it is perhaps too small for later. He notes evidence to suggest that counterfeiting workshops were able to produce more than 5000 coins [per pair of dies] and finds IS's claims that a pair of dies may produce 10,000-25,000/30,000 reasonable.
(b) typescript, single page, dated from Warsaw on 8 November 1961, as cover for some offprints, which he sends, even though he doesn't know IS personally, because he understands from Professor Grierson that IS may be interested in the subject of renovatio monetae and mint technology.