"Report of the Assays of Spanish Pieces"

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Letter from the Master and Worker of the

Mint to Mr. Chancellour concerning the

Value of Spanish Money

Mint Office Ianry. 16th. 171$\frac{\mathrm{2}}{\mathrm{3}}$

Sr

Our Assay Master being out of Town and his Clerk Sick in bed I got the Two Spanish Peices {sic} Assayed at Goldsmith's Hall The Peice {sic} of King Charles weighed 3d. wt. 12gr. and in fineness was four Peny {sic} Weight worse then Standard, The Value thereof in English Money is 10d. & $\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{5}}$ths. of a Peny {sic} The Peice {sic} of King Philip weighed 4dwt.. $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$ grain and was One Ounce Two Peny {sic} Weight worse then Standard and in Value 11d half Peny {sic} English They seem to be Quarter Peices {sic} of Eight of the New Species and in the nearest Round Numbers, Five of them may be reckon'd worth a Mexico or Pillar Piece of Eight If I had had Two or Three More of each sort I could have made a better Iudgement of them, but by the best Iudgement I can make of these Two only it seems to Me that they may be dimished {sic} in Value of One Fift Part or in the Proporīon of five to four. I am

Sr.

Your most Obedient and

most Humble Servant

Is. Newton

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<text in Unknown Hand begins>Report of the Essays {sic} of Spanish pieces

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Rept. of the Officers of the Mint