Interestingly, Newton was "Master of the Mint" at the Royal Mint, which supplies all the nation's coinage. > Newton became perhaps the best-known Master of the

Interestingly, Newton was "Master of the Mint" at the Royal Mint, which supplies all the nation's coinage. > Newton became perhaps the best-known Master of the Mint upon the death of Thomas Neale in 1699, a position Newton held for the last 30 years of his life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Royal_Mint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton#Royal_Mint If he had been successful in turning lead into gold, he might have made his employer obsolete.