Draft of MINT00764 (Mint 19/3/285)
May it please your Lordps.
I understand that ye money is to be coy{illeg}ed {illeg} according to the forms expressed int he annexed draughts. The inscriptions, the arms of Hannover, & the Crown above {illeg}t that Escutcheon are drawn only in blanck lead that if any thing bise amiss it may be wiped out & mended. And because they are dr{illeg} may be wiped out & changed, it will be convenient that they be expressed in words at length in the {illeg}warrant for coyning the money according to these f{illeg}Draughts to wch Warrant these Draughts ;(if they be approved) are to {illeg}be {illeg}annexed. If any other draughts these Draughts are to be mended or any other Draughts are to be laid before the King in Council it shall be speedily done. In the Draughts for the small money the inscription
All wch &c{illeg}about the head is proposed to be only Georgius Dei Gratis DGEORGIVS. DE{illeg}. GRATIA Dei Gr{illeg}atia {sic} & about the Reverse M{illeg}AG. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. &c. If in any of these draughts the work prove too much crowded it may be mended hereafter by a new Warrant.
All wch &c
All wch &c.
Source
MINT 19/2/66, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKDecember 1714, c. 198 words.