Holograph memorandum on packing coins for distribution
That the half pence & f{illeg}arthings be made of pure malleable copper (without any mixture of Brass or Tin) by the Master of the Mint according to such contract as shall be made between her Majty & ye said Master
That an Agent or Importer be appointed to pay all charges of copper & coynage & salaries & incidents & to receive the copper money
That the bargains for copper be made by the Officers of the Mint & the copper be paid for by the said Agent according to such bargains signified to him under the hands of th{illeg}e said Officers & {illeg}not other-wise.
That when the copper is coyned the Master deliver t{illeg}he new copper moneys by weight to two Tellers or Clerks toOne for her Majty & one for the Agent, to tell the same & examin the tale by weight & put up the moneys in papers 5 or 10s in a paper & tye up every one two or four papers in a parcel wth packthred & set a {illeg}known seale upon the knot in order to delivery & certify the tale to the Master. The seale to be kept by the Queens Teller in a box under the ke{illeg}ys of both the Tellers. And the Master upon delivery to be paid for the coynage. And that the Master keep a bo{illeg}ok of the weight & the Tellers each of them a book of the weight & tale.
That the Mast Agent take the Masters receipts of the Copper & the Copperman's receipts of the Price, & that the Master be discharged by taking up his receipts for so much copper as he delivers to the Teller{illeg}s, & in his receipts of money for c{illeg}oynage insert the weight & tale of the copper moneys
That ye Agent in his Accounts stand charged with the receipt of copper money or& discharged of himself by the Receipts of the Copper-man & of the Mr & Wr & by certificates of the Mr & Ttwo Teller of the whole coynage in weight & tale.
Source
MINT 19/2/355, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKc. 1713-1714, c. 347 words.