Partial holograph draft of MINT00360 (Mint 19/3/190)

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To the Rt Honble the Earle of Godolphin Lord High Treasurer.

May it please yor Lordp

In obedience to yor Lordps directions about setting on foot the coynageverbalverbal order on saturday last that we should lay before yor Lop what we thinkwe think proper to be done for setting on foot ye coynage in the Mint at Edinburgh with all convenient speed & for trying the Pix of that Mint or opinion we humbly lay before yor Lordp {illeg} of the Committee of Council that the Pix be tried {illeg} Ed before the her Mats Council of Scotland: we were humbly of Opinion that in {sic} that in conformity to the Act of Vnion there be made by a Iury of Goldsmiths we conceive there should be made seven indented Trial pieces of crown gold & seven of standard silver; two of each metal to be kept in the two Treasuries to try the Pixes of the two Mints; two of each for the Wardens of the two Mints to try the Moneys before delivery & to decide questions between the Master and Importer about the fineness of the bullion; two of each for the Masters of the two Mints to make the money by, & one of each for the Wardens & Company of Goldsmiths to try their plate & manufactures of gold & silver: and th{illeg}at a Pile of standard Troy weights be made by the Deputy Chamberlains of the Exchequer for the Treasury in Scotland, & two other Piles by the Warden of this Mint in the presence of the other Officers in such manner that the {illeg}small weights keep proportion wth the greater as the Indenture of the Mint directs: and that all these Piles be printed like the weights sent to the {illeg} Corporations & one of {illeg}the two Piles delivered to yor Lordps order for the use of the Mint in Scotland.