Draft of MINT00137 (Mint 19/1/330)

Author: Newton, Isaac

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Vpon the firs 254th of March 1713 there was in ye Mint uncoyned 82
From the 25t of March 1713 to the25t of March 1714 coyned 14331
From Mar 25 1714 to Mar 25 1715 coyned 29848
Remaining in the Mint Mar 25 1715 to be coyned
Total coyned from 25 Mar 1713 to 25 Mar 1715 44179lwt standard
Remaining in the Mint 25 Mar 17515 to be coinedwch at 4412 Guineas & an hal to ye pound weight amouted {sic} to 196596512 Guineas
& at 21s 6d to ye Guinea amounted to 2113412li.18s.23d

Bullion now {illeg}in in the Mint 25 Mar 1715 to {illeg}be coind
Which at 4412 Guineas per lwt will make
And at 1li 1s 6d. per Guinea {illeg}will make

The Gold moneys of forreign nations wch come into England are melted down into Ingots by the Refiners Goldsmiths before they come to the Mint We know can distinguish these Ingots from the Ingots Barrs wch come from Lisbon, by their shape & by the Goomes of the Portugal Gold; but we do not enter thise distinction in our books

After the Ingots of Gold are coyned, we have no other way of knowing by our books what come from Portugal what from Iamaica & what from Spain France Holland & other places then by the Assay, the gold coined out of Moyders being generally standard or a quarter of a grain better then standard, that from out of {illeg} the new French money being a grain & for the most part a grain & a quarter wors then standard.

The silver coyned the last two years ending at Lady day 1715 amounts only to 3899lwt {illeg}standard. Which at 3li 2s to ye pound weight makes 12086li. 18s in tale. This silver has been almost all of it got out of English le{illeg}ad by a company, incorporated for smelting of Lead Ore wth pit coale & {illeg} the charges of wood. We know of forreign {illeg}

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ImportedCoyned from Christmas 17{illeg}1 to Lady day following 2909
From Lady day 1713 to Xtmas following 10228
From Xtmas 1713 to Lady day following 4103
From Xtmas 1713 to Xtmas 1714 29526
From Xtmas 1714 to Lady day following 4425


Coyned in Silver from XtmasLady day 1713 to Lady 1715 3899