Holograph notes on the output and costs of various individual operations (e.g. pressing, stamping, milling) at the Mint

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Working at the Press
A Press coins 54 pieces in a minute, or 27 pence that is a pound & an half, 90 pounds in an hour, & 450 pounds in 5 hours. The orther 4 or 5 hours may be allowed for setting or changing the dies, bringing the blanks & carrying back the new moneyes. Four Labourers & moneyer to feed the Press comes 14s per 450lb. or $\frac{\mathrm{28}}{\mathrm{75}}$d or $\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{8}}$d per ℔	}	$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{8}}$d per pound.
Working at the Marking.
The Engin marks 72 pieces or 2 pounds in a minute, & 600℔ in 5 hours by the hands of one Moneyer at 6s per diem. That is 25℔ for 3d. The other four or 5 hours may be allowed for setting right the Engin & fetching & carrying the blanks.	}	$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{25}}$d or $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{8}}$
The working at a cutter.
One cutter make 60 blanks or 30 pence in a minute, 1800 pence or 100℔ in an hour & 600℔ in six hours man or Labourer at 8 per diem, that is 50℔ for 8	}	$\frac{\mathrm{4}}{\mathrm{25}}$
The working at a Mill.
One Mill in a day with 6 horses at 3s per horse & a Miller at 3s & a horskeeper at 2s will draw bars thrice thorou for making 1000li per diem in shillings or 20000 half pence or 555lwt. that is 555lwt for 276d.	}	$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$
The working at a Flatter
A Flatter with a Moneyer & Labourer flats 800lwt per diem for 8s	}	$\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{25}}$

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Ten mills working 20 hours per diem sufficed for coining 90000li per week in shillings & therefore two mills working 10 hours per diem suffice for coining 9000 per week & 19600li per diem that is 30000 pieces, & so many half pence amount to 833lwt of copper per diem. And if the copper go but twice through the Mills the two mills will sufice for coyning 1250℔ per diem

A Press strikes 54 times a minute & therefore by continual working coins 90lwt in an hour & 405li in 4$\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$ hours. The rest of the day is allowed for setting right the Dyes & carrying the blanks & money to & fro. A moneyer 4 labourers come to 14s per day that is $\frac{\mathrm{168}}{\mathrm{405}}$d = $\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{7}}$d.

A Cutter makes 500li of half penny blanks in a day. And two Mills two half penny cutters & one farthing cutter make 1250lwt of Blanks per diem, By the help of one Moneyer at 6s two Millers at 3s each two labourers & a horskeeper at 2s each & 12       horses at 3s each, in all at 54s per diem that is at $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}$d per poundweight.

A half penny flatter a day & a farthing flatter half a day comes to 12s per 1250lwt or $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{\{?\}}}$d per poundweight

A marking engin comes to 8s per 4000lwt or $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{4}}$d per poundweight, & the lettered plates to $\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{12}}$d per poundweight

The charge of coining copper & time it takes up computed.