>From pursuing Thomas Violet in the Harvard and Yale Libraries and then through Early English Books Online (which I can access through the Vassar library) I think that Thomas Violet is the answer. Among his many pamphlets are writings about the monarch's right to coin and export money, which fits directly into the footnote I sent. I can also admit to either ignorance or a lack of adventuresomeness: I did a Google search on T. Violet (probably a mistake!) and did not try to imagine the full name. Thanks to Perry Mehrling (and to the HES list). Peter G. Stillman