On the need to supply the Edinburgh Mint with trial plates, weights, dies and Mint marks

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May it please yor Lop

My Ld

Speaking yesterday wth my Ld Chancell{illeg}our of Scotland about thatthe Mint at Edinborough, his Lop was of opinionsecond prop {illeg} proposed to us {illeg}to lay before yor Lop a memorial aboutconcerning some things wch his Lop thought might be proper to be considered by the committee of Coucil {sic} wch is to sit to morrow upon ye affairs of Scotland. His Lordp seems of thinks that the Pix of that Mint may be still tried before {illeg}her Majties Council in Sco in Scotland as formerly & if so we are humbly of opinion that thre in full conformity to the Act of Vnion there {illeg}may be made seven Trial pieces of Crown gold & threeseven of standard silver sent into Scotland {illeg}two of each metal for the Exchequer to coyn the money{illeg} {illeg}four the two each Treasuries to try {illeg} {illeg} the Pixes two of each for the Mints of of as ittwo Wardens of the two Mints to {illeg} try the moneys before delivery& to decide controversies between the Master & Importer, two of ea{illeg}ch for ye Masters of each Mint to make the moneys by & one of each for the Wardens & Company of Goldsmiths in London {illeg}to m{illeg} try their plate & manufactures of gold & silver. But if the Pix of the Mint at Edinburgh be tried It may be also convenient [bBut if the Pix And far {illeg} of that Mint be tried by the {illeg}standards kept in ye exchequer at Westminster, six trial pieces of each metal will be sufficient].

It will be also convenient that a Pile of st weights be made for ye Trea. in Scotland {illeg}by the Deputy Chamberlains of ye Excheqr

The Gravers are making shillings Puncheons for wth ye arms of gt Br. wch may be sent to the Mint at Edinborough: And while they are coyning shillings, there willmay be puncheons made for other money. We beleive {sic} it may be sufficient to send them Puncheons &wth two or three pair {sic} of Dyes of every sort for patterns. For distinguishing the money coyned at Edinburgh from that coyned in London there may be {illeg}the {illeg} {illeg}letter E or {illeg} set upon under her Majties Effigies.

If it be thought fit there may be somedues of the old form sent them for coyning sixpences & shillings wth untill Puncheons of ye new form can be made, wch I we hope will be in a fortnight or three weeks.

In the late recoynage of the hammered money in England {illeg}in every hundred pounds there were ten pounds coyned in sixpences & 40 pounds in shillings, & the OfficersMaster of the Mint at Edinborough may be obliged {illeg} to keep the same proportions during the recoinage in that Mint.

The Pile of Standard weights may be to be madewch should be delivered at the Tower {illeg}by ye W. to ye General {illeg}of{illeg} ye Mint in Scotland to be carried into that MintScotland {illeg}by Bill indented under their hands of the Warden & General, may in the absence of the General be delivered to yor Lordps order to be conv{illeg}eyed or sent {illeg}to that Mint, the same being first markedprinted with a Rose & Thistle growing upon one common stalk & pr{illeg} crowned wth one common crown, And the Date being stamped upon it.