'An Account of the moneys coyned annually in the Tower'
An Account of the moneys coyned anually in the Tower, vizt
Anno | In Gold | In Silver | ||||
li | s | d | li | s | d | |
1696 | 149024. | 12. | 3 | 2,511853. | 03. | 6 |
1697 | 129479. | 12. | 7 | 2,192196. | 00. | 0 |
1698 | 506858. | 19. | 9 | 326628. | 08. | 0 |
1699 | 151979. | 14. | 9 | 060443. | 16. | 0 |
129227. | 18. | 4 | 014898. | 02. | 4 | |
1701 | 1279283. | 05. | 0 | 116178. | 14. | 0 |
1702 | 174225. | 03. | 6 | 000354. | 19. | 0 |
1703 | 001634. | 09. | 0 | 002225. | 16. | 0 |
1704 | 000000. | 00. | 0 | 012421. | 14. | 0 |
1705 | 004975. | 02. | 0 | 001331. | 18. | 0 |
1706 | 025688. | 14. | 9 | 002889. | 04. | 0 |
1707 | 029074. | 02. | 3 | 003639. | 00. | 0 |
1708 | 048315. | 17. | 6 | 011628. | 02. | 0 |
1709 | 118062. | 19. | 0 | 078811. | 06. | 0 |
1710 | 177764. | 03. | 0 | 076780. | 14. | 0 |
1711 | 446036. | 17. | 0 | 002532. | 16. | 0 |
1712 | 136576. | 01. | 3 | 005502. | 10. | 0 |
1713 | 628441. | 04. | 9 | 007232. | 06. | 0 |
1714 | 1,412450. | 00. | 6 | 004854. | 12. | 0 |
These yeares are from Christmas {illeg}to Christmass, & the Guineas are recconed at 1li. 1s. 6d a piec{illeg}e.
The silver coyned in the years 169{illeg}6, 1697 & 1698 was out of the English hammered moneys & wrought plate. That coyned in the years 1699 & 1700 was chiefly out of hammered moneys wch came slowly from the country after the heat of the recoinage was at an end. That coyned in the year 1701 was (I think) chiefly out of forreign moneys & bullion brought in by th{illeg}e Peac{illeg}e & by the remains of the Spanish Trade. And the very small remains of {illeg}that trade might bri{illeg}ng in most of that coyned in 1704. And that coyned in the ten following years, has been from English lead & sometimes from wrought plate brought to the Mint upon premiums granted by Act of Parlia{illeg}mt.
The Gold coyned in 1701 & part of 1702 was out of Lewidors wch by our valuing them at 17s 6d a piece came into England in great plenty in the preceding years untill by King Williansm's Proclamation they were lowered to 17s 0d a piece & thereupon were brought into the Mint. That coyned in the {illeg}ten{illeg} following years came from Portugal & some of i{illeg}t from Iamaica. And a great part of that coyned in the two years ending at Christmas last, came from France.
Apll. 6. 1715.
Source
MINT 19/2/262, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK6 April 1715, c. 390 words.