Accounts relating to the recoinage

Author: Newton, Isaac

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An Account of the Charges in Receiving into the Mint, Refineing, Melting, Coyning and paying into the Receipt of his Majesties Exchequer. One Thousand Seven hundred Sixty Nine Ingotts of Silver Melted Down from the Clipt Monies that was foudn in the said Receipt at the taking the Twelfth generall Remaine on the 24 day of Iune Last past which said 1769 Ingotts Weighed when Reduced to Standard 129550ll: 05oz: 09dwt: 23gr:

		£	s	d
For the Coining 129550ll: 05: 09: 23: at 14d: per pound		7557	02	2
For Melting 259100ll: 10oz: 19dwt: 22: Ingotts and Scissell at $\frac{3}{4}$ d: per pound		809	13	9 $\frac{3}{4}$
Refining of 25588ll: 8oz: of Coarse Silver at 12d per pound weight		1279	08	8
The Waste to be Born by the King computed at 2 $\frac{1}{2}$ d per pound		1349	09	8 $\frac{1}{4}$
For Two Labourer's Work in the Assay Office to assist in Cutting of the Silver Ingotts, pileing and Carrying them into the Office of Receipt from 12th: Novembr: to 16: Ianuary Inclusive 50: days at each three shillings a day		15	00	0
Four Bustells of Copple Ashes		2	08	–
One Peck of Cotteridge		1	00	0
Three Douzaine of Mufflers		2	14	0
For 50: dayes making Coppels at 2s: 6d: a day		6	05	0
Thomas Langworth and Richard Bullock putting the Ingotts into the Seale and thence Carrying them into the Treasury Roome, and from thence to the Scale when deliver'd out for Melting, and for attending the Office upon this Extraordinary Occasion from 12th: Novembr to 16: January 50: days at 2s: 6d a day		12	10	0
Richard Dallow taking the Money from the Weigher and Carrying it to the Tellers twenty Six dayes at t: shillings a day		6	10	0
Thomas Hawks attending the Money when taken up 26: Dayes at 5: shillings a day		6	10	0
Mr: Thomas Turner attending the Tellers of the Exchecquer 26: dayes at 10: shillings a day		13		0
Phillip Dallowe assistant to the Porter for seaven Weeks		3	10	0
Carridge from the Mint to the Exchecquer and Loading forty three Loades		21	10	0
Mr: Pendleton going up to the Exchecquer and Loading fourty three Loades		4	05	0
Richard Bullock going up with the same 17 times at 2: shillings and 6d:		2	02	6
Arthur Iones Oversee'r of the Moneyers Workmen 30: dayes at 3s: a day		4	10	–
Paid for the tallys of this 12th: Remaine		39	06	–
Paid the Exchecquer Porters for carrying the Money from the carts to the severall Offices at 6ds: per Mille		9	15	0
Paid for the Pix of this 12 generall remain		232	01	6
Lost by the Assay of the New Moneys		0	09	0
	£	11,379	10	4

Accounts relating to the recoinage

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