'An Account of the weight & fineness of several pieces of Scotch money': holograph notes for MINT00152 (Mint 19/3/2-3)

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An Account of the weight & fineness of several piece of Scotch money.

Intrinsic Value
54d$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{8}}$$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{32}}$	A sixty shillings piece of C{illeg}harles II 1682 weighing 425gr, wors iijdwt
54$\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{8}}$	A sixty shillings piece of William & Mary 1691, weighing 425gr, standard
36d	A forty shillings piece of K. William 1695 weighing 283gr, work ijijdwt
21$\frac{\mathrm{7}}{\mathrm{8}}$	A twenty five shillings piecesix shillings & 8 pence piece (Hatton{illeg}s two mark piece) of Charles II 1673 weight 175gr, wors vijdwt
18$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$	A twenty shillings piece of K. William 1695 wieghing 141gr, standard.
123$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{16}}$	A fifteen shillings thirteen shillings & four pence piece of Charles II 1675 weight 10{illeg}2gr wors ijdwt
10$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$	A twelves shllings13$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}$ shhillings piece (Hattons Mark piece of Charles II    weighing 86gr wors vijdwt
{illeg}$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{4}}$9$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{6}}${illeg}	A tenn shillings piece of K. Iames II weighing {illeg}71gr, standard
5$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{16}}$	A six shillings & 8d piece of Charles II, (Hattons Half mark) weighing 42gr, worse iiij$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$dwt
4$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$−$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{32}}$	A five shillings piece of K. William weighing 35gr worse 1$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$dwt.

Whence I observe that in taking Scotch shillings for English pence there ought to be a discount of 10 per cent: And particularly a Scotch [1] shillings piece is worth in England [2] intrinsic val{illeg}ue
And a Scotch [3] is worth in England [4]

Ha{illeg}tton (Lauderdale's brother) {illeg}coyned base money of two base allay for wch he was accused by D. Hamilton & went out about ye time of Lauderdales disgrace neare ye {illeg}end of Cha: II's reign. {illeg}All his money was ordered to be recoyned & now goe is not current in Scotland.

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Sixty two shill. scotch make a scotch ounce Troy as 62d English make english ounce Troy except that the Scotch money is made lighter {illeg}by 4s Scotch in ye Scotch english three {illeg} pe{illeg}ice {sic}, or in ye proportion of 145 to 154 to prevent the melting down of their money.

The most current money in Scotland at prsent are 40 20 10 & 5s pices {sic}