Draft of MINT00631 (Mint 19/2/327)
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Charges in coyning Copper money.
To the Importer for copper imported in barrs over & above the scissel returned, 18 or 19d per pound weight
To the Moneyers 1, Graver , Smith , two Clerks , in all 2d per pound weight
To the Master & Worker for his trouble & hazzards in overseeing the whole & being accountable, & for his charges in maintaining a Deputy & an Assayer, & for incidents in assaying & weighing & putting off the moneys
For repairing the buildings & coining Tools, & for providing new coyning Tools at the first setting up of the Mint
Per pound weight | ||
To the Importer for copper imported over & above the scissel returned | } | 18d or 19d |
To the Moneyers 1d, Graver d, Smith d, 2 Clerks d | 4 | |
To the Master & Worker for his trouble & hazzards in overseeing the whole & being accountable, & for his charges in maintaining a Deputy & an Assayer, & for incidents in assaying weighing & putting off the moneys | } | |
For repairing the buildings & coining Tools, & for providing new coining Tools at the first setting up of this coinage | ||
If the Importer doth not blanch the Copper, he may allow the Moneyer a farthing per pound weight for blanching it. | ||
The coynage not to exceed 40 Tunns per annum nor 150 Tunns in the whole 7ap; then to stop till further order |
An Estimate of Charges in coyning of Copper money by the pound weight averdupois
To be paid by the Mint-master to the Importer for the excess of Copper imported above the Scissel delivered back, about | } | 18d or 19d |
To be paid by the Mint-master to the Moneyer 1d, Engraver d Smith d, two Clerks d, & to his Deputy & Assayer & for incidents in Assaying & weighing about d | } | 2d |
To be allowed to the Mint Master tfor his own trouble & hazzards in taking care of the whole & being answerable for the same & accountable as Treasurer for this coynage | } | |
The incident charges in setting up this coynage are to be born out of the profits of the coinage above the aforesaid charges & may amount to four or five or perhaps six hundred pounds. | ||
This coinage not to exceed the demands of the people nor 40 Tunns per annum, & after four or five years to stop till further order. |
Source
MINT 19/2/330, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKc. April 1717?, c. 425 words.