Covering letter for his draft designs of George I Coronation Medals

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To the Rt Honble the Lords of the Committee of Coucl {sic} appointed to consider of his Majties Coronation.

May it please yor Lordps

I have according to yor Lordps Order of 1st of {illeg} prepared Drafts of Gold & Silver Medalls of the Kings Maty to be distributed on the day of his Mats Coronation & herewith present the same to yor Lordps. The form of his Majts face is taken from a Medal made in Germany, but medals made there by different Gravers are not like one another. The designe on the Reverse relates to his Majts accession to the tThrone on account of Religion, & represents him Defender of the faith conteined in the scriptures & yt the Bible is still open to the people & according t{illeg}o {illeg}the manner of the ancient mendalls of the Greeks & Romans, it is grave proper simple & free from reflexions & not entirely liable to be reflected upon.

All wch is most humbly su{illeg}bmitted to yor Lordps great

wisdome.

To the Rt Honble the Lords of the Committee of Council appointed to consider of heis Matys Coronation

May it pl. yor Lordps

According {illeg}In obedience to {sic} to yor Lordps oOrder I herewith lay before yor Lordps some more drafts of Gold Medals to be distributed on ye day of his Mats Coronation, & that I should lay before yor Lordp an account of the Medall made upon her late Mats Coronation & of the time requisite to make medalls upon the present occasion I most humbly represent that {illeg}Vpon the Coronation of her late Matythese were then 1{illeg}200 Medals of Silver & 200 of Gold were then made by Order of Council & delivered to the Ld Bradford then Treasurer of ye Houshold & Coferer to be distributed & that 515 gold medals were made afterwards for the house of Commons by Order of the Lds Treasurer Commissioners of the Treasury & for their Chapplain & Sargeant, & 38 for forreign mMinisters. The them for the House of Commons then sitting, & for 3{illeg}8 more for forreign ministers. A pound weight of fine Gold was cut into {illeg}20 medals & a pound weight of fine sSilver into 22 medals. And the Medalls were After the form of the Medalls areis setled it will take up a month to about a month to make the Puncheons & if eachither of the Punche{illeg}ons should break it woul three or four days more to make the dyes & coyn the medals &by the mill & press. If they arethe impression is to rise high like that of the th late Me{illeg}dals made upon the peace, it will {illeg} they must be coyned in a ring, & it will take a week more to coyn 1400 such medalls of this sort, every 200 Medalls requiring about a day to coyn them in this manner, & the Medalls must be weightier that there may be substance to make the impression rise high A pound weight gol fine gold may be cut into 16 medalls & a pound weight of fine Silver into twenty. If either of the Puncheons should break <330v> a fortnight more much be allowed for repairing the loss. It will be requisite that my Ld Treasurer advance money for buying gold & silver.