Draft of MINT00137 (Mint 19/1/330)
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Charges arising by the Coynage in the years
ending at Christmas | 1713 | 1714 | 1715 | |||||||
li | s | d | ||||||||
Charges of assaying refining & reducing the Bullion to standard | } | 172. | 19. | 11 | 331. | 8. | 6 | 499. | 13. | 7 |
Charge of melting & coyning the gold & silver moneys | } | 4474. | 9. | 9 | 9721. | 12. | 10 | 12840. | 6. | 0 |
Assaying & trying the Pix | 118. | 10. | 5 | 0000. | 0. | 0 | 58. | 17. | 8 | |
Stationary ware & mending the scales & weights | } | 16. | 2. | 0 | 22. | 10. | 0 | 26. | 6. | 0 |
Total charge arising by the coinage | 4782. | 2. | 1 | 10075. | 14. | 4 | 13425. | 3. | 3 | |
Charge of receiving the money at the Exchequer | } | 17. | 15. | 6 | 81. | 16. | 0 | 37. | 17. | 0 |
Passing the Accompts | 107. | 1. | 6 | 106. | 1. | 6 | 106. | 1. | 6 | |
Half the diet | 29. | 12. | 0 | 35. | 2. | 5 | 24. | 16. | 8 | |
Established salaries | 2590. | 0. | 0 | 2590. | 0. | 0 | 2590. | 0. | 0 | |
Repairs of Houses & Offices | 370. | 2. | 6 | 375. | 11. | 10 | 358. | 6. | 0 | |
Allowance to the Moneyers now ceased | } | 400. | 0. | 0 | 300. | 0. | 0 | 000. | 0. | 0 |
Allowance to a Clerk now ceased | 24. | 19. | 11 | |||||||
Severall small Incidents | 140. | 18. | 3 | 157. | 6. | 0 | 140. | 3. | 5 | |
Established charge of the Mint in Scotland | } | 1200. | 0. | 0 | 1200. | 0. | 0 | 1200. | 0. | 0 |
Establishment for prosecuting clippers & coyners not to exceed 400li per annum. This charge hath been about | } | 250. | 0. | 0 | 250. | 0. | 0 | 250. | 0. | 0 |
Total charges of both Mints | 9912. | 11. | 9 | 15171. | 9. | 1 | 18132. | 7. | 10 | |
Total Income of coynage Duty | 8039. | 00. | 11 | 8720. | 19. | 0 | 11894. | 9. | 8 | |
Expence above the Income | 1873. | 10. | 10 | 6450. | 10. | 0 | 6237. | 18. | 2 |
Source
MINT 19/1/320, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKc. February 1715/6, c. 188 words.