Detailed breakdown of Mint income and expenditure for each year 1713-15, with explanatory notes on the reverse
An Account of the clear produce of the Coynage Duty for the three several years last past respectively & also of the charge of coyning gold & silver money & the established charge of the Mint in England & Scotland, & incident charges attending the same.
The produce of the Coinage Duty in England from | ||
From 25th Decemb. 1712 to December 1713 | 8039. 0. 11 | |
From 25 Decemb. 1713 to December 1714 | 8720. 19. 0 | |
From 25 Decemb. 1714 to December 1715 | 11894. 9. 8 | |
The produce of the coinage Duty in Scotland during the same three paid into the Excheq uer the last year | } | 53. 9. 10 |
28707. 19. 5 |
Charges of the Mint from Christmas to Christmas
1713 | 1714 | 1715 | ||||||||
Coynage of Gold | 4269. | 10. | 6 | 9595. | 19. | 7 | 12704. | 5. | 0 | |
Coynage of Silver | 170. | 2. | 3 | 114. | 3. | 9 | 119. | 16. | 0 | |
Charges of Assaying Refining Allaying & repairing furnaces | } | 207. | 16. | 11 | 342. | 17. | 0 | 515. | 18. | 7 |
Total charge of Coynage | 4647. | 9. | 8 | 10053. | 0. | 4 | 12339. | 19. | 7 | |
Salaries | 3014. | 19. | 11 | 2890. | 0. | 0 | 2590. | 0. | 0 | |
Repairs of houses & Offices | 370. | 2. | 6 | 375. | 11 | 10 | 358. | 6. | 0 | |
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Receiving the money at the Exchequer & passing Accounts | } | 124. | 17. | 0 | 187. | 17. | 6 | 143. | 18. | 6 |
Pix | 118. | 10. | 5 | 0. | 0. | 0 | 58. | 17. | 8 | |
Stationer & scalemaker | 16. | 2. | 0 | 22. | 10. | 0 | 26. | 6. | 0 | |
Diet | 29. | 12. | 0 | 35. | 2. | 5 | 24. | 16. | 8 | |
Wardens Incidents | 140. | 18. | 3 | 157. | 6. | 0 | 140. | 3. | 5 | |
Charges of Coynage | 4647. | 9. | 7 | 10053. | 0. | 4 | 12339. | 19. | 7 | |
Salaries & Repairs | 3385. | 2. | 5 | 3265. | 11. | 10 | 2948. | 6. | 0 | |
Incidents | 429. | 19. | 8 | 402. | 15. | 11 | 394. | 2. | 3 | |
Scotish Mint | 1200 | 1200 | 1200 | |||||||
Prosecuting Clippers & coiners about | 250 | 250 | 250. | |||||||
Total | 9912. | 11. | 9 | 1517. | 7. | 1 | 18132. | 7. | 10 | |
Excess of the charge above the Income | } | 1873. | 10. | 9 | 6750. | 8. | 0 | 6337. | 18. | 2 |
The established charge of the Mint in England for melting & coining Gold in 6s 6d per pound weight, For coining silver it is 1s 6d per pound weight, & a penny more per pound weight to the moneyers if the Silver be well coined. The Salaries established by the Indenture of this Mint amount unto 2590li. There is allowed by Act of Parliament for Salaries & repairs of house s & Officers preparations necessaries for melting, refining & coining in the English Mint any sum not exceeding 3500li per annum. And for prosecuting Coining any summ not exceeding 400li. And to the Mint in Scotland 1200li per annum.
Source
MINT 19/1/330, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKCa. February 1715 [= 1716], c. 366 words.