Note by Conduitt on the sequence of processes in coining

Memorandum The course of an Ingot –

Assayed – reposted – rated & Standarded sett to pott – delivered to Melter – Melted into bars – Assay Master takes a bar at option out of each pot – Bars delivered to Moneyers – first annealed i.e. put into a furnace like an oven to make it soft & fit for the Mill –

Put into the Mill & when drawn to the thickness of the guinea or half guinea the blanks are cutt out of the bars – then they are flattened – then they are sized – then they are milled or marked i.e. letters round the edges – then the blanks are nealed to make them soft – then blanched in Alom & water to cleanse them – then dried in saw duste then corked that is stampt. —

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Course of an Ingot till it is coin —