Further holograph draft of MINT00761 (Mint 19/3/332)

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To the Rt Honble the Lords of the Committee of Councill appointed to consider of his Majts Coronation.

May it please yor Lordps

In obedience to yor Lordps Order that I should lay before yor Lordps an account of the Mer{illeg}amber of Medals made upon the last Coronation & of the time requisite to make Medals upon the present occasion: I most humbly represent that twelve hundred Medals of silver & three hundred of gold were then made by Order of Councill & delivered to the Treasurer of the Houshold to be distributed at the Coronation, & that upon their Majts order Queens Order signified {illeg}by the Ld Treasurers Warrant five hundred & fifteen Medals of gold were made afterwards [by the Lord Treasurers Warrant] for the House of Commons then sitting & delivered to their Speaker, & forty more for forreign Ministers of gold were delivered to my Ld C{illeg}hamberlain, whereof those whereof those for the Agents & Consulsfor f{illeg}orreign Ministers. A pound weight of f{illeg} fine Gold was cut into 20 Medals & a pound wt of fine silver into 22 Medalls. {illeg}But the forreign Ministers (except the Agents & Consuls) had Medals of double the value. At ye Coron. of K Wm there were only 200 medals of ☉ made by {illeg}Order of Council.

After the form of the Medalls & of his Majts Effigies is setled, it will take up about a Calendar month to make the Puncheons & three or four days more to make the Dyes & coyne the Medalls by the Mill & Press And if either of the Puncheons should break as it sometimes happens it would take up{illeg} a fortnight more to repair the loss. The Coyna{illeg}ge Duty being appropriated, there should be money appropriated advanced Out T{illeg} out of the civil List for for buying ☉ & ☽.

If the Impression {illeg}is to rise high, like that of the late Medalls made upon the late peace, theymedalls must be coyned in a ring, & to Make the Puncheons & Dyes & coyne 15 hundred sill require se medalls of this sort will take up six weeks {illeg} & if either of ye puncheons should {illeg}break it would take up two months. And the impressionmedalls much be weightier to make that theirre may be substance to make the Impression rise high. Sixteen Medalls of this sort would will require a pound weight of fine gold, & twenty a pound weight of fine silver.