Notes and calculations relating to the cost and distribution of various gold and silver medals
1200 Silver Medals at 11dwt per Medal will weigh 660oz & at 5s 5d per ounce the ☽ comes to 178li. 15s. Workmanship 2d per Medal comes to 10li Total 188. 1500. Refining 1d per ounce comes to 2li. 15s. Total 191. 10. 0. Which is at 16li per hundred quamproxime or 32s per ten, or 3s 2 a piece.
Gold Medalls 200 at first, afterwards for the Commons 515 + Scots 45. Total 760, besides forreign ministers. Each medal weighing 12dwt, or each hundred weighing 50lwt, The whole will weigh 38Lwt. At 4li 6s per ounce
A pound weight of Gold was cut into 20 medals, a pound weight of Silver into 22. The Gold at 4li 7s per ounce & refining 12 pence per ounce. The silver & refining 5s 6d per ounce.
12 Silver medals at 11dwt per Medal will weigh 660oz which at 5s 5d per ounce the silver & 1d per ounce refining & 2d per Medal workmanship comes to 191li. 10s
200 Gold medalls at 12dwt per Medal will weigh 120oz which at 4li 7s per ounce ☉ 1s per ounce refining & 1s per medal workmanship comes to 538li.
Source
MINT 19/3/331, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKJuly 1713, c. 211 words.
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